US 12,406,047 B2
Quantum authentication of protected resources
Leigh Griffin, Waterford (IE); and Stephen Coady, Waterford (IE)
Assigned to Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed by Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,672.
Prior Publication US 2023/0267191 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06N 10/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 21/44 (2013.01) [G06N 10/40 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device comprising a processor device, an access request to allow a requestor process to access a protected resource;
sending, by the computing device to the requestor process, a qubit authentication state that identifies a desired state of a qubit;
determining, by the computing device, that the requestor process has manipulated physical characteristics of the qubit, such that the physical characteristics of the qubit match the qubit authentication state; and
based at least in part on determining that the requestor process has manipulated the physical characteristics of the qubit to match the qubit authentication state, granting, by the computing device to the requestor process, access to the protected resource.