Agile network protocol for secure communications with assured system availability

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7996539
APP PUB NO 20060123134A1
SERIAL NO

11301022

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A plurality of computer nodes communicates using seemingly random IP source and destination addresses and (optionally) a seemingly random discriminator field. Data packets matching criteria defined by a moving window of valid addresses are accepted for further processing, while those that do not meet the criteria are rejected. In addition to “hopping” of IP addresses and discriminator fields, hardware addresses such as Media Access Control addresses can be hopped. The hopped addresses are generated by random number generators having non-repeating sequence lengths that are easily determined a-priori, which can quickly jump ahead in sequence by an arbitrary number of random steps and which have the property that future random numbers are difficult to guess without knowing the random number generator's parameters. Synchronization techniques can be used to re-establish synchronization between sending and receiving nodes.

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VIRNETX INCP O BOX 439 ZEPHYR COVE NV 89448

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gligor, Virgil D Chevy Chase, US 20 1069
Munger, Edmund Colby Crownsville, US 64 3180
Sabio, Vincent J Columbia, US 11 482
Schmidt, Douglas Charles Severna Park, US 26 1573
Short,, III Robert Dunham Leesburg, US 62 1261

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