TRANSIENT NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

摘要

A communication system and method allows users to send messages to one another, at least partially over a public network (102-106), while reducing or eliminating the possibility that an eavesdropper on the public network (102-106) can identify the location of the source node (212) and destination node (214) of the message. The system uses a network of transient nodes (108) "piggy-backed" on a public network (102-106), such as the Internet (104), to route messages over the public network (102-106). The message is bounced through the public networks (102-106) several times, each time with a different wrapper, to reduce or eliminate the possibility that an eavesdropper could track the message from the source node (212) to the destination node (214). The transient nodes (108) can generate random traffic to further thwart the eavesdropper's efforts.