Agile network protocol for secure communications with assured system availability

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9479426
APP PUB NO 20130091354A1
SERIAL NO

13475637

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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, INC.;VIRNETZ, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gligor, Virgil D Chevy Chase, US 20 1045
Munger, Edmund Colby Crownsville, US 64 3080
Sabio, Vincent J Columbia, US 11 466
Schmidt, Douglas Charles Severna Park, US 26 1536
Short,, III Robert Dunham Leesburg, US 62 1192

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