Probably it's for extranets - linking two network together with
synchronized IP changes could make sense...
regards,
Vitaly.
Paul Murphy wrote:
>
> Sounds... nonsense.
>
> If you have a service that the outside world needs to connect to, then you have to
>provide a way for that to happen. A "hacker" can connect by the same mechanism.
>
> If this is intended to make snooping more difficult, which is implied by the
>article, then so what really. Who sniffs anyway?
>
> >>> "Eric Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6/13/2001 11:43:03 am >>>
> From <http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,s2087257,00.html>:
>
> The new system can change the cyber-addresses
> on a network faster than once a second, cloaking
> them from all but authorized parties, said Victor
> Sheymov -- founder, president, and chief executive
> of Invicta Networks.
>
> ...
>
> Standard approaches to computer security rely on
> encryption, or data scrambling, plus devices such
> as firewalls aimed at screening out abnormal traffic
> patterns that look threatening.
>
> But any network protected this way is a sitting duck
> for a determined hacker, Invicta said. Instead, it
> puts the network in cybermotion through a
> continuous change of "Internet Protocol" addresses --
> the chain of digits underlying the Web to route traffic
> to its destination.
>
> The Invicta system uses special cards to link
> protected computers to a central control unit. It lets
> clients decide how often they wish to vary IP addresses
> and specify which applications may be accessed on
> their network. The number of IP addresses drawn on may
> be in the billions thanks to an artificial increase in
> cyberspace, Sheymov said.
>
> I've been pretty busy lately so this could have been discussed on
> this mailing list and I could easily have missed it.
>
> Anyway, changing ip addresses once a second would seem to
> make it pretty tough for DNS servers to keep up. And even tougher
> on maintaining a connection to the host.
>
> Eric Johnson
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