摘要 |
A communication device having an IP address set therein includes a purpose determining unit that determines a communication purpose of a packet to be transmitted; a source address selection unit that, in the case where the communication purpose determined by the purpose determining unit is a predetermined purpose, selects, as a source address, a formal node identification address provided separately from the set IP address in order to identify the communication device, this formal node identification address having a property such that there exist no communication device that receives, through the formal node identification address, a packet having the formal node identification address set therein as a destination address; and a transmitting unit that transmits a packet having the formal node identification address selected by the source address selection unit set therein as the source address. |