System and method for rotating a gateway address

摘要

A client device, a gateway and a corresponding method are provided in order to increase the security of a network to which access is provided via a gateway. The address of the gateway may rotate, e.g., change, such that hackers or other individuals or devices that should not have access to the network will experience much greater difficulty in securing the address of the gateway and accessing the network, at least for any extended period of time. By ensuring that both the client device and the gateway are synchronized in regard to the rotation of the address of the gateway, however, the client device may still properly address the gateway and therefore access the network, even as the address of the gateway rotates. Different operating systems may also be associated with some of the different addresses of the gateway in order to increase the security of the network.

主权项

1. A client device comprising a processor configured to:
query a plurality of mapping devices to solicit an address of a gateway; receive: (i) the address of the gateway from a first mapping device and (ii) responses from one or more mapping devices, other than the first mapping device, in response to the query that indicate that the one or more other mapping devices do not have a valid address for the gateway; cause communication to be established with the gateway utilizing the address received from the first mapping device; receive an indication that the address of the gateway has changed to a different address; and thereafter cause communication to be established with the gateway utilizing the different address.