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Ternary Computing to Strengthen Cybersecurity

Development of Ternary State Based Public Key Exchange

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Intelligent Computing (SAI 2018)

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Abstract

In this key exchange scheme for a public key infrastructure, the initialization step or “personalization” is based on the secure exchange of addressable cryptographic tables between the communicating parties. The content of these tables is generated either with ternary random numbers, or with arrays of addressable physical unclonable functions having ternary states, which we are generating with memristors. Private keys are generated independently with the shared public keys by all communicating parties, with their ternary cryptographic tables. Public and private key pairs, which are used for authentication and cryptography, are binary streams while the core of the scheme is based on ternary logic. The communication between parties can occur over untrusted channels, by exchanging dynamically generated public keys, and using legacy binary codes. The ternary computing environment largely enhances entropy, and creates additional levels of cybersecurity.

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Acknowledgment

The authors are thanking the students and faculty from Northern Arizona University, in particular Christopher Philabaum, Duane Booher, Bilal Habib, Raul Chipana, Paul Flikkema, and James Palmer. We are also thanking the professionals of the Air Force Research lab of Rome, NY, and Alion science and Technology, who supported this effort.

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(a) Contractor acknowledges Government’s support in the publication of this paper. This material is based upon work funded by the Information Directorate, under AFRL Contract No. FA8075-16-D-0001. (b) Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of AFRL.

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  1. School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA

    Bertrand Cambou

  2. Information Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY, USA

    Donald Telesca

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    Supriya Kapoor

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Cambou, B., Telesca, D. (2019). Ternary Computing to Strengthen Cybersecurity. In: Arai, K., Kapoor, S., Bhatia, R. (eds) Intelligent Computing. SAI 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 857. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01177-2_67

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