US Patent Issued to Blue Ridge Networks on Aug. 26 for "Methods and apparatus for quantum-resistant network communication" (Virginia, Oregon, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,501, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Blue Ridge Networks Inc. (Chantilly, Va.).

"Methods and apparatus for quantum-resistant network communication" was invented by Thomas A. Gilbert (Fairfax, Va.), Kenneth A. Hardwick (Newburg, Ore.) and Srinivas R. Mirmira (Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes sending, to a compute device and via a private channel, a public key for asymmetric encryption. The method also includes concurrently authenticating the compute device and generating a traffic key for symmetric encryption, based at least in part on the public key. The method further includes sending a message to th...