Patent ID: 7702799

Claim:
A commercial grid network comprising: a plurality of resource nodes, wherein each resource node in the plurality of resource nodes comprises a processor; and an administrative node comprising a processor and a computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable medium comprises instructions, which when executed by the processor, perform a method, the method comprising: receiving a lease request from a client to lease a first resource node selected from the plurality of resource nodes, wherein the client is separated from the first resource node by a first non-trusted route, and transmitting a first network security key associated with the client to the first resource node, wherein the first resource node is configured to: store the first network security key in a network security key repository specific to the first resource node, establish a first secure network tunnel over the first non-trusted route using the first network security key, receive a first network packet securely from the client over the first secure network tunnel, and destroy the first secure network tunnel when a lease term associated with the client and the first resource node expires.