Granted Patent B2

US 12,335,384 · App. 18/550,788 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Inventors: Mikio Fujiwara (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Takeoka (Tokyo, JP); Masahide Sasaki (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

H04L9/0877H04L9/085H04L9/0852H04L9/088H04L9/0894

Abstract

Claims (15)

1. An encryption key generating device configured to generate an encryption key to be used in a one-time pad encryption from a shared key that is generated by quantum key distribution and shared between a sender and a receiver, comprising:

a shared key separator configured to separate the shared key into a first key and a second key and to store the first key in a non-volatile memory and the second key in a volatile memory;

a key extender configured to extend the second key to a key length equal to that of the first key and to store the second key extended as a third key in a volatile memory; and

an encryption key calculator configured to calculate the encryption key by performing an exclusive-OR of the first key and the third key and to store the encryption key in a volatile memory.

2. The encryption key generating device according to claim 1 , wherein

the shared key separator separates the shared key into the first key having a key length equal to that of the encryption key and the second key having a shorter key length than that of the first key.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an encryption key generating program for generating an encryption key used for one-time pad encryption from a shared key that is generated by quantum key distribution and shared between a sender and a receiver, the program being configured to cause a computer to function as:

a shared key separator separating the shared key into a first key and a second key and storing the first key in a non-volatile memory and the second key in a volatile memory;

a key extender extending the second key to have a key length equal to that of the first key and storing the second key extended as a third key in the volatile memory; and

an encryption key calculator calculating the encryption key by performing exclusive-OR of the first key and the third key and storing the encryption key in the volatile memory.

4. An encryption key generating and erasing method of generating an encryption key used for one-time pad encryption from a shared key that is generated through quantum key distribution to be shared between a sender and a receiver, comprising:

separating the shared key using a shared key separator to separate the shared key into a first key and a second key and to store the first key in a non-volatile memory and the second key in a volatile memory;

extending a key using a key extender to extend the second key having a key length equal to that of the first key and to store the second key extended in the volatile memory as a third key;

calculating an encryption key using an encryption key calculator to calculate an encryption key by performing an exclusive-OR of the first key and the third key and to store the encryption key in the volatile memory; and

erasing a key using an encryption key generator to erase each generated key after the encryption key is used.

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