Patent ID: 7853680
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A spread-identity gateway configured to be interposed between a destination node and a plurality of requesters, wherein the spread-identity gateway receives and returns a different DNS name resolution response to each of at least two inbound name resolution requests, wherein each DNS name resolution response includes an externally routable IP address for the destination node and is allocated from a pool of routable addresses maintained by the spread-identity gateway, and wherein the spread-identity gateway establishes, in correspondence with each returned DNS name resolution response, respective network address translations for purposes of at least some subsequently received packets corresponding to a respective transfer of data between the destination node and the plurality of requesters, and wherein the spread-identify gateway also dynamically binds a source address in place of a real IP address for hiding the real identity of the source node from the destination node, the dynamically bound source address being included in the respective network address translations.