International Business Machines Corporation

Jeffrey J Feng

Shawn Patrick Mullen

Martin L Schmatz

Nataraj Nagaratnam

Vaijayanthimala K Anand

Bhargavi Bheemreddy Reddy

Terry J Hoffman

Navaneeth Rameshan

Priti Bavaria

Post quantum secure network communication is provided. The process comprises sending, by a client in a first computing cluster, an outbound message to a quantum safe cryptographic (QSC) proxy server in the first computing cluster, wherein the outbound message is addressed to a target server in a second computing cluster. The QSC proxy server initiates a QSC transport layer security (TLS) connection with an ingress controller in the second computing cluster, wherein the ingress controller comprises a QSC algorithm. The QSC proxy server transfers the message to the ingress controller via the QSC TLS connection, and the ingress controller routes the message to the target server in the second computing cluster via a non-QSC connection.

Post quantum secure ingress/egress network communication

Hybrid encryption of imported key material is provided. A request to import key material is received from a user system. In response to the request, two public keys are sent to the user system. The two public keys include a classical cryptography (CC) public key and a quantum-safe cryptography (QSC) public key. At least one public key of the two public keys is retrieved from a hardware security module (HSM). Hybrid-encrypted key material is received from the user system. The hybrid-encrypted key material is key material that has been encrypted using the two public keys. The key material, at least partially encrypted by the at least one public key, is sent to the HSM.

Key import with hybrid cryptography

A physical host executes a hypervisor or virtual machine monitor (VMM) that instantiates at least one virtual machine (VM) and a virtual input/output server (VIOS). The VIOS determines by reference to a policy data structure a disposition of a packet of network communication with the VM, where the disposition includes one of dropping the packet and forwarding the packet. Thereafter, the determined disposition is applied to a subsequent packet in a same packet flow as the packet.

Network filtering in a virtualized environment

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Jeffrey J Feng