Overview
Quantum Shield is an Amazon Linux 2023 AMI with a build of nginx that allows the use of post-quantum safe cryptographic elliptic curves in SSL ciphers. This means that with a single click, you can safeguard your organization from current 'Store Now - Decrypt Later' campaigns and threats brought on by the advent of a cryptographically relevant quantum computer capable of breaking TLS encryption keys. Quantum Shield is deployed through standard cloud providers, enabling its users to stay up to date with minimal time and resource allocation. Quantum Shield adds a foundational component of future-proofing and quantum resilience to digital environments by incorporating NIST-draft approved PQC algorithms designed to withstand a quantum computing attack. As standardization of PQC algorithms continues to evolve, Quantum Shield is designed to be crypto-agile and rapidly updated with minimal configuration changes to accommodate newly approved NIST algorithms.
This product is distributed under the 2-Clause BSD License: https://opensource.org/license/bsd-2-clause
Highlights
- Quantum Shield secures your public traffic from Quantum computing threats such as Store/Harvest Now - Decrypt Later campaigns.
- Uses existing nginx configuration. Deployed through a single click. Forward compatible with ML-Kem. Built on the latest Amazon Linux 2023. Utilized as a Reverse Proxy and Load Balancer. Device agnostic. Supported by Chromium-based Web Browsers. Simplified configuration inspired by nginx. Supports End-to-End Quantum Encryption.
- Built to be dynamic; should a connection not support the use of PQC algorithms, Quantum Shield can be configured to shift back to classical encryption in order to maintain backward compatibility to various connection types.
Details
Typical total price
$2.085/hour
Pricing
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
t1.micro | $2.00 | $0.02 | $2.02 |
t2.nano | $2.00 | $0.006 | $2.006 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $2.00 | $0.012 | $2.012 |
t2.small | $2.00 | $0.023 | $2.023 |
t2.medium | $2.00 | $0.046 | $2.046 |
t2.large | $2.00 | $0.093 | $2.093 |
t2.xlarge | $2.00 | $0.186 | $2.186 |
t2.2xlarge | $2.00 | $0.371 | $2.371 |
t3.nano | $2.00 | $0.005 | $2.005 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $2.00 | $0.01 | $2.01 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes | $0.08/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
We do not offer refunds for hourly usage fees.
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
nginx 1.27.1-1 on Amazon Linux 2023
Additional details
Usage instructions
The AMI is an installation of Amazon Linux 2023 with Quantum Shield (under the nginx namespace) installed.
- Launch the product via 1-Click.
- Connect to the instance (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/connect-to-linux-instance.html )
- Update configuration as required in /etc/nginx/. See /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf for the default configuration supporting post-quantum safe cryptography on port 443.
For further configuration details, see public documentation available at: https://quantumshield.lastwall.com/
Resources
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Support
Vendor support
Reach out to Lastwall directly for Quantum Shield support at: quantum.shield@lastwall.com
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