QURL
Your Infrastructure Doesn't Exist Until You Prove Who You Are
A QURL (Quantum URL) is a cryptographic, time-limited URL that makes your infrastructure invisible. Each QURL is single-use, auto-expires, and leaves no permanent attack surface. If a link leaks, it's already dead.
How QURL Works
QURLs implement OpenNHP's 'authenticate before connect' model at the access layer
Authenticate
User authenticates via your identity provider (Okta, Azure AD, etc.)
Generate QURL
LayerV issues a cryptographically unique QURL for the specific resource
Access
User accesses the resource — the QURL is consumed and can never be reused
Audit
Access event is logged with full identity context for compliance
QURL Security Features
Every aspect of QURL is designed to eliminate the attack surface of traditional URLs
Single-Use Access
Each QURL works exactly once. After someone uses it, the link is dead — it can never be replayed, shared, or scraped from logs.
Time-Decay Failsafe
Unused QURLs automatically expire. Even if intercepted, attackers have a narrow window before the credential becomes worthless.
Zero Persistence
No static URLs to scrape from logs, share in Slack, or replay in attacks. The access credential IS the access event.
Scoped Authorization
Each QURL grants access to a single resource for a single action. No broad permissions, no lateral movement.
QURL Use Cases
Replace persistent access patterns with self-destructing credentials
Contractor & Auditor Access
Give your SOC 2 auditor access to your dashboard for exactly one session. No account creation, no shared passwords, no lingering permissions.
Invisible Staging Environments
Your staging servers have zero open ports. Developers authenticate via Okta, get a QURL, and the environment appears for their session only.
Securing MCP Servers & AI Agents
Your agent’s API endpoints are invisible by default. Each tool call gets a single-use QURL. No standing credentials, no credential rotation.
Replacing VPN for Remote Access
Remote employees access internal tools through time-limited links instead of always-on VPN tunnels. If the link leaks, it’s already dead.
Compliance-Ready File Sharing
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.
QURLs for Your Industry
See how organizations in your sector use invisible infrastructure
Healthcare
Patient portals that don’t exist on the internet. HIPAA-compliant by architecture, not just policy.
Financial Services
Trading APIs invisible to scanners. PCI-DSS compliant access with per-session audit trails.
Federal & Government
NIST 800-207 zero trust at the network layer. No persistent endpoints for adversary recon.
SaaS & DevOps
Internal tools, staging environments, and admin panels invisible to the internet. Deploy in hours alongside your existing stack.
AI & Machine Learning
Secure MCP tool servers and model endpoints. Per-request authentication with automatic credential expiry.
Built on the CSA's Network Hiding Protocol
Even after authentication, access credentials cannot be weaponized. Single-use, time-bound, cryptographically scoped. QURL is the access layer of LayerV's implementation of the Cloud Security Alliance's OpenNHP standard.
- Cryptographic binding to user identity
- Configurable time-to-live (TTL) from minutes to hours
- Single resource, single action scope
- Full audit trail for compliance (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS)
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From playground to production in minutes
Try the Playground
Create real QURLs, inspect their lifecycle, and see the API in action—no signup required.
Open PlaygroundGet API Keys
Self-service sandbox credentials to start integrating the QURL API into your applications.
Get CredentialsAPI Reference
Full OpenAPI documentation with schemas, examples, and authentication details.
View DocsCommon Questions
How QURLs compare to what you already know
How is a QURL different from a signed URL?
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.
How is this different from an OAuth token?
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.
What is a QURL?
A QURL (Quantum URL) is a cryptographic, time-limited URL that makes your infrastructure invisible. Each QURL is single-use, auto-expires, and leaves no permanent attack surface.
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