VPN Service Provisioning via Virtual Router Deployment and Quantum Key Distribution

Here we demonstrate, for the first time, VPN services integrated within a virtual router using QKD to perform encryption and authentication. Any management operation is also secured using QKD, providing a whole quantum-safe ecosystem.

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