Your Infrastructure Doesn't Exist Until You Prove Who You Are
A qURL (Quantum URL) is the Cloud Security Alliance's Network Hiding Protocol, encapsulated in a link. Cryptographic, single-use, identity-bound — your infrastructure stays invisible until the moment of access, and the link is spent the instant it's used. If it leaks, it's already worthless.
Each qURL encapsulates a complete OpenNHP exchange — ‘authenticate before connect’ delivered as a single link
User authenticates via your identity provider (Okta, Azure AD, etc.)
LayerV issues a cryptographically unique qURL for the specific resource
User accesses the resource — the qURL is consumed and can never be reused
Access event is logged with full identity context for compliance
Every aspect of qURL is designed to eliminate the attack surface of traditional URLs
Each qURL works exactly once. After someone uses it, the link is dead — it can never be replayed, shared, or scraped from logs.
Unused qURLs automatically expire. Even if intercepted, attackers have a narrow window before the credential becomes worthless.
No static URLs to scrape from logs, share in Slack, or replay in attacks. The access credential IS the access event.
Each qURL grants access to a single resource for a single action. No broad permissions, no lateral movement.
Replace persistent access patterns with self-destructing credentials
Give your SOC 2 auditor access to your dashboard for exactly one session. No account creation, no shared passwords, no lingering permissions.
Your staging servers have zero open ports. Developers authenticate via Okta, get a qURL, and the environment appears for their session only.
Your agent’s API endpoints are invisible by default. Each tool call gets a single-use qURL. No standing credentials, no credential rotation.
Remote employees access internal tools through time-limited links instead of always-on VPN tunnels. If the link leaks, it’s already dead.
Share a sensitive report with a board member. The link works once, expires in 1 hour, and the access is logged with their identity for audit.
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Every qURL carries a complete OpenNHP exchange — identity verification, cryptographic authentication, and scoped authorization — packaged in a link your users already know how to use. The protocol does the security work; the link makes it adoptable. Even after authentication, the credential cannot be weaponized: single-use, time-bound, cryptographically scoped.
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A qURL (Quantum URL) is a cryptographic, identity-bound, single-use link. It encapsulates a complete Network Hiding Protocol exchange so the resource behind it stays invisible on the network until the qURL is presented and the holder's identity is proven.
NHP is the Cloud Security Alliance's Network Hiding Protocol — the cryptographic standard for “authenticate before connect” networking. A qURL is that protocol packaged as a link: every qURL carries a full NHP exchange so your team can adopt network hiding without writing protocol code.
Signed URLs (like AWS pre-signed URLs) are replayable within their TTL — anyone with the link can use it multiple times. qURLs are single-use: the first access consumes the link permanently. They also require identity verification before generation, so there's no anonymous sharing.
OAuth tokens grant ongoing access until they expire or are revoked. qURLs grant access to a single resource for a single action. There's no token to steal, rotate, or revoke — once used, it's gone.
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