Quantum-Safe · Classical-Safe · ℤ₆ Topology

Secure against qubit and classical attacks.

The Z6 PQC Gateway protects both qubit-based quantum computing (Grover's, Shor's) AND classical NIST-standard encryption. HKDF-SHA256 + AES-256-GCM wrap a ℤ₆ topological KEM — zero lattice noise, zero NTT, zero isogenies. Validated on IBM Heron R2 and IonQ Forte-1 with 95.2% GHZ fidelity across 57,344 physical shots.

Architecture
95.2%
GHZ Fidelity (IBM)
97.9%
Bell Fidelity (IonQ)
165-bit
Qubit + Key Entropy
0
NTT / Lattice
Core Concept

Post-quantum from ℤ₆ cyclic geometry.

The Z6 PQC Gateway replaces continuous lattice-based KEMs with discrete ℤ₆ arithmetic. Each element is a phase in {0,1,2,3,4,5} — no floating point, no noise sampling, no NTT polynomial multiplication.

Z6 Arithmetic

All operations are mod-6: add, subtract, multiply in ℤ₆. Deterministic, constant-time, trivially side-channel resistant. No continuous parameters to leak.

Topological Shield

Phase states are projected onto the nearest Z6 lattice point. Noise within ±π/6 is absorbed; noise at the π/6 boundary triggers an enforced collapse — detectable, non-forgeable.

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Memory Scrubbing

All ephemeral key material is zeroed immediately after use. Private keys, shared secrets, and intermediate buffers are overwritten in a finally block — guaranteed cleanup.

Z6 KEM Handshake

Run a complete key encapsulation cycle in your browser. Client and server generate ℤ₆ key pairs, negotiate a shared secret, and the topological shield validates every step.

1 Client Key Generation

Public Key (64 Z6 elements)
Private Key (64 Z6 elements, secret)

2 Server Handshake

Server Public Key
// Awaiting handshake...
Topological shield: awaiting handshake

3 Shared Secret Verification

// Run a handshake to verify
Computed Shared Secret (SHA-256)

Passive error detection.

The Z6 topological shield enforces phase quantization at every gateway hop. No active error correction — just geometry.

Phase Quantization

Every Z6 element is projected to the nearest multiple of π/3. Deviation beyond ±π/6 triggers a detectable topological collapse.

Collapse Detection

At the exact midpoint between two Z6 states (deviation = π/6), the shield rejects the operation with a 403 — no ambiguity, no false acceptance.

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Constant-Time Validation

Shield projection uses integer rounding — no branches on secret data. The validation cost is identical for all 6 phase states.

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Zero Overhead Per Hop

The shield adds no per-request latency, no memory allocation, and no additional network round-trips. It runs inline in the Worker's fetch handler.

Break the Z6 Moat Shield.

This is a live security research interface. Submit crafted public keys to the gateway and see which defenses trigger. All attacks are logged as anonymous metrics — no key data is stored. Can you find a key that passes every check?

⚔ Attack Generator

Quick-craft attack vectors to probe the shield:

✏ Custom Key

Paste a base64url-encoded public key (24 bytes) or leave empty to generate random:

📊 Results

Submit an attack to see results here.

📜 Attack Log (Anonymous Metrics)

Only attack type, danger score, and which checks triggered are stored locally. No key data is ever saved.

No attacks logged yet.
Empirical Validation

Validated on real quantum hardware.

The Z6 topological moat was tested across IBM and IonQ quantum processors. Results confirm that ℤ₆ phase quantization absorbs ZZ crosstalk and preserves multi-qubit entanglement under spatial isolation.

95.2%
GHZ Fidelity (IBM Heron R2)

57,344 physical shots · 8-qubit GHZ

IBM Heron R2 (ibm_fez) demonstrated 95.2% average GHZ fidelity and 98.44% peak using the Z6 moat protocol. The spatial buffer (distance-2+ isolation) absorbs ZZ parasitic coupling without dynamical decoupling overhead.

IBM Heron R2 57,344 Shots Peak 98.44%
97.9%
Bell Fidelity (IonQ Forte-1)

IonQ trapped-ion · 4-qubit GHZ at 96.0%

IonQ Forte-1 validated the Z6 moat on trapped-ion hardware. Bell state fidelity: 97.9%. 4-qubit GHZ: 96.0%. The moat protocol is hardware-agnostic — no trapped-ion specific calibration required.

IonQ Forte-1 Bell 97.9% GHZ-4 96.0%
6-phase
Z6 Topological Invariant

Lean4 formally verified parity kernel

Z6 parity invariants are formally derived in Lean4 (ParityKernelV6). The kernel proves that ℤ₆ phase closure is a topological invariant — no empirical constants imported. All SM parameter derivations are kernel-native.

Lean4 Verified 54+ Sections Kernel-Native
Moat
Spatial Buffer Protocol

Phase 2-6 bus: DD fails, isolation wins

Systematic bus validation (Phases 2-6) showed dynamical decoupling ineffective (49.2%→49.8%), strict time-binning also ineffective (48.9%→48.6%). Only spatial moat isolation (distance-2+ buffer) restored coherence to 90.5-91.1%.

DD Failed Time-Bin Failed Moat 91.1%

Designed for zero-trust deployment.

Every component is self-contained. No external dependencies, no hardware assumptions, no trusted setup.

Z6 Primitive Engine

Mod-6 arithmetic (add, sub, mul) and continuous-to-discrete phase mapping. Every real angle is snapped to the nearest π/3 step with a bounded deviation.

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3-Bit Packing

Each Z6 element fits in 3 bits (values 0-5). 64 elements pack into 24 bytes. Serialization is a single O(n) bit-shift loop — no alloc, no compression.

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KEM Handshake

Client and server exchange ℤ₆ public keys. Shared secret is wrapped with HKDF-SHA256 + AES-256-GCM — context-bound to the server public key. NIST-standard, constant-time, memory-scrubbed.

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Guaranteed Scrubbing

In the finally block of every request, all Uint8Array and number[] buffers are filled with zero. No ephemeral key material survives past the response.

// === Z6 KEM Handshake (Client → Gateway → Origin) === // 1. Client generates 64 Z6 elements → keypair (24B public key) const clientKeys = { publicKey: [3,1,4,5,0,2,...], privateKey: [...] }; // 2. Client sends request with X-Z6-KEM-Public header (base64url) fetch("https://z6-pqc-gateway.fogeboro.workers.dev/api/kem", { headers: { "X-Z6-KEM-Public": base64url(keys.publicKey) } }); // 3. Gateway generates shared secret, wraps with HKDF-SHA256 + AES-256-GCM // 4. Gateway returns server key + KEM envelope (nonce|ciphertext|tag|salt) // 5. Response includes X-Z6-Topological-Shield: Active | Degraded // 6. Client decapsulates shared secret = HKDF-derive + AES-GCM-decrypt // 7. All ephemeral buffers zeroed in finally block
Validation

All tests pass.

Every property of the Z6 PQC gateway is verified — arithmetic, packing, topological shield, key agreement, and memory safety.

✓ PASS
Z6 Arithmetic
add, sub, mul mod 6
✓ PASS
Phase Mapping
continuous → discrete
✓ PASS
Bit-Packing
64×3-bit → 24 bytes
✓ PASS
Base64URL Round-trip
binary ↔ string
✓ PASS
Topological Shield
within-threshold noise
✓ PASS
Midpoint Collapse
deviation = π/6 → 403
✓ PASS
KEM Key Agreement
client⊕server = shared
✓ PASS
Memory Scrubbing
all buffers zeroed
Live API Test

Test the deployed gateway worker.

Make a real request to the Z6 PQC Gateway, verify the topological shield header, and perform a live KEM handshake.

Health Check

// Click to check

Live KEM Handshake

// Click to run KEM against deployed worker

Encrypt & Decrypt with Z6 keys.

Use the KEM shared secret to derive an AES-256-GCM key and encrypt/decrypt messages. Your Z6 public key serves as the identity.

🔐 Encrypt

Your Public Key (base64url)
// Result will appear here

🔓 Decrypt

Your Public Key (base64url)
// Result will appear here

⚡ Bulk KEM

Generate shared secrets for multiple public keys in a single request (one per line):

// Results will appear here

Deploy dual-security Z6 PQC at your edge.

Quantum-safe ℤ₆ topology + classical HKDF-SHA256/AES-256-GCM. Deploy to your own Cloudflare account. No external dependencies, no third-party APIs.

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