Patent ID: 8898782

Claim:
A method for spontaneously configuring operations of a computer network, the method comprising: communicating a plurality of data packets among a plurality of nodes within a computer network using a plurality of identity parameters contained in each respective data packet to identify source and destination nodes for each said data packet; configuring said computer network to operate in accordance with a first mission plan of a plurality of mission plans, each said mission plan specifying a manner in which an assigned value for at least one identity parameter of a plurality of identity parameters contained in each said data packet is to be dynamically modified by at least one said node of said computer network to specify false identity parameter information in place of true identity parameter information; detecting a reactive trigger event within said computer network, said reactive trigger event comprising a spontaneous event for causing a change to occur in relation to said dynamic modification of said at least one identity parameter; selecting a second mission plan from said plurality of mission plans in response to said detection of said reactive trigger event; and automatically reconfiguring operations of said computer network in accordance with said second mission plan such that said manner as specified by said second mission plan is different than said manner specified in said first mission plan; wherein said manner is defined in accordance with at least one variable selected from the group consisting of (a) a selection of said at least one identity parameter from among said plurality of identity parameters, (b) a pseudo-random process used to dynamically modify said at least one identity parameter, (c) a seed value for said pseudo-random process, and (d) a selection of said at least one node in said computer network where said dynamic modification is to be performed.