ZK Proven is a supporting expression of the H33 ZK Platform applied to network connections. It produces a zero-knowledge proof that a channel is what it claims to be — proving the connection is authentic while revealing nothing about the traffic itself. It exists because a connection can look completely normal (right name, full signal) while a machine-in-the-middle silently intercepts it; ZK Proven proves the channel instead of trusting how it looks.

Chapter 1 of 5

You just connected to
airport WiFi.

ZK Proven is a live demonstration of the ZK Platform — it proves a claim about your data is true while revealing nothing about the data itself (proving without revealing). It exists to make an abstract zero-knowledge proof tangible: a real claim is verified without the underlying secret ever being disclosed.

Related · tier-1 reading. For what a portable artifact actually is, see Portable Artifact.

9:14 AMDFW Terminal B

Wi-Fi

Choose a Network...

✈️Airport_Free_WiFi●●●●✓

☕Starbucks_Guest●●●○

📶ATT-WiFi-5G●●○○🔒

📶Delta_SkyClub●○○○🔒

Looks normal. Strong signal. Free WiFi. Everyone connects.

Chapter 2 of 5

Here's what the attacker sees

CrowdStrike✓ TRUSTEDNext scan: 11:47

attacker@evil-twin ~ intercepted_traffic.log

[09:14:02] GET mail.google.com — Session cookie: gads=CAESEBk2x...

[09:14:03] POST chase.com/api/transfer — Auth token: eyJhbGciOi...

[09:14:05] WSS slack.com — Message: "The board deck is at..."

[09:14:06] GET icloud.com/photos — Apple ID token: dk39fL2m8x...

[09:14:08] POST vpn.acmecorp.com — VPN creds: admin:Tr0ub4...

Your bank. Your email. Your Slack. Your iCloud. Your VPN.
All readable. All harvestable.
Your device? Still showing "Trusted" on CrowdStrike. Next check in 12 minutes.

Chapter 3 of 5 — Rewind

Same WiFi. H33-ZK Proven active.

Trust Score

h33-zk-proven ~ channel_verification.log

[200ms] Ephemeral key: ✓ Fresh Dilithium-3 keypair

[200ms] Temporal coherence: ✓ Monotonic timestamps

[200ms] Canary signal: ✓ Epoch seed validated

[400ms] Network topology: ⚠ ANOMALY — Expected 3 hops, found 4

[400ms] Latency profile: ⚠ ANOMALY — Bimodal distribution detected

[400ms] Network DNA: ✗ MISMATCH — Profile inconsistent with airport infrastructure

CONNECTION TERMINATED

[400ms] Attacker harvest log: 0 bytes captured · IOC proof emitted · Nullifier committed

ZK Proven detected an extra network hop (the attacker's device), bimodal latency (proxy processing), and a network DNA mismatch. Score collapsed to zero. Connection killed in 400 milliseconds.

0.4µs

Score Computation

23.58µs

Proof Generation

1,200

Checks Per Blink

200ms

Key Rotation

10 Connection-Layer Attacks. One Solution.

Every attack on this list has been used in the wild. ZK-Proven kills each one with math — not signatures, not heuristics, not scan schedules.

Evil Twin

Fake WiFi with the same name as a legitimate network. Your device auto-connects. Attacker sits in the middle.

Network DNA mismatch detected

IMSI Catcher / Stingray

Fake cell tower intercepts mobile traffic. Used by nation-states and organized crime.

Signal physics violation detected

SSL Stripping

Downgrades HTTPS to HTTP silently. Credentials sent in plaintext.

Encryption downgrade triggers score collapse

ARP Poisoning

Redirects traffic on local network by spoofing ARP tables. Classic LAN attack.

Network topology detects rogue routing

DNS Spoofing

Fake DNS resolves legitimate domains to attacker-controlled servers.

Canary validation fails

Rogue Access Point

Unauthorized AP installed inside corporate network. Bypasses perimeter security.

Network DNA doesn't match

Man-in-the-Middle

Any proxy sitting between two endpoints. Intercepts, modifies, or records traffic.

Extra hop detected, timing mismatch

Replay Attacks

Re-transmit previously captured authentication tokens to gain unauthorized access.

Dilithium temporal binding, 200ms expiry

Session Hijacking

Steal session cookies to impersonate an authenticated user.

Cross-session nullifiers detect reuse

BGP Hijacking

Route injection at the protocol level. Entire subnets redirected through attacker infrastructure.

Network topology proof fails

Not Just WiFi. Every Connection.

H33-ZK-Proven operates at the protocol layer. It doesn't matter if the attacker is between your phone and a WiFi router, between two servers in a data center, or between your IoT device and its cloud endpoint. If something is sitting in the middle — at any layer — the proof math breaks.

Physical layer (WiFi, cellular, Bluetooth)

Network layer (routing, ARP, IP)

DNS layer (resolution, hijacking)

TLS/SSL layer (certificates, encryption)

Session layer (cookies, tokens)

API layer (microservices, cloud-to-cloud)

IoT layer (firmware updates, device pairing)

Mobile & IoT Pricing

One SDK. Every device. Post-quantum from line one.

Consumer SDK

$0.50

/device/month

Banking apps
Healthcare apps

Enterprise MDM

$1.00

/device/month

Company phones
BYOD

IoT / Embedded

$0.25

/device/month

Sensors, medical devices
POS terminals

What ZK Proven Is

ZK Proven is a supporting expression of the ZK Platform — H33's capability that proves without revealing — applied to network connections. It produces a zero-knowledge proof that a channel is what it claims to be, revealing nothing about the traffic itself. It exists because a connection can look completely normal — right name, full bars — while a machine sits in the middle intercepting everything. ZK Proven proves the channel instead of trusting how it looks.

Use it when you must prove a live channel is authentic without exposing or inspecting the data crossing it — public WiFi, cellular, device-to-device, cloud-to-cloud.

Not for computing over encrypted data (that is the FHE Platform) or proving a statement about stored data rather than a live channel (use the general ZK Platform). It is not a content scanner or antivirus.

Concept boundaries. The ZK Platform proves without revealing — it does not compute on encrypted data; that boundary belongs to the FHE Platform. And the portable, offline-verifiable evidence of a proof is produced by H33-74, the 74-byte post-quantum evidence primitive: ZK Proven generates the proof, H33-74 anchors it as portable evidence. Constructions like STARKs and SNARKs are external cryptographic systems H33 uses and verifies against — never owns.

What is ZK Proven?

A supporting expression of the ZK Platform applied to network connections. It produces a zero-knowledge proof that a channel is authentic while revealing nothing about the traffic — proving the channel instead of trusting how it looks.

When should I use ZK Proven, and when not?

Use it to prove a live channel is authentic without exposing or inspecting its traffic. Do not use it to compute over encrypted data (that is the FHE Platform) or to prove a statement about stored data rather than a live channel (use the general ZK Platform). It is not a content scanner or antivirus.

How is ZK Proven different from the FHE Platform?

ZK Proven proves without revealing — it proves a channel is authentic without reading the traffic. The FHE Platform runs computation over encrypted data (ciphertext) without decrypting it. ZK proves a statement about data or a channel; FHE computes over ciphertext. Complementary, not substitutes.

Does ZK Proven produce portable evidence of an attack?

ZK Proven generates the proof; H33-74, the 74-byte post-quantum evidence primitive, anchors it as portable, independently-verifiable evidence a third party can carry and re-verify offline. Proof generation and evidence anchoring are distinct roles.

You just connected to
airport WiFi.

Without ZK Proven

With ZK Proven

You just connected toairport WiFi.

Without ZK Proven

With ZK Proven

You just connected to
airport WiFi.