Moving-target defense platform for secure client-server
This technology creates a secure, constantly shifting communication channel between a server and its clients by hiding the connection details inside a large public peer-to-peer network (the BitTorrent DHT). Instead of connecting directly in a way that can be tracked or blocked, the server posts encrypted rendezvous instructions to a massive distributed database, and only the intended client—who already holds the matching cryptographic key—can find and decode those instructions. The meeting point changes on a regular schedule, making it extremely difficult for an adversary to intercept, block, or even detect the communication. The only prerequisite is a one-time exchange of public keys between server and client.
What you could build
A moving-target defense SDK or appliance for enterprise and government networks that makes command-and-control, VPN, or covert communications channels resistant to interception and blocking; primary buyers would be defense contractors, intelligence community integrators, and enterprise security teams managing high-value or hostile-environment deployments.
Who in Virginia should care
Northern Virginia defense primes, IC integrators, and managed security service providers clustered around the Beltway would be natural licensees or acquirers given the clear dual-use defense and enterprise security fit.
Readiness: Prototype likely
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
- Christopher F. Morrell, Reese A. Moore, Joseph G. Tront, Randolph C. Marchany
- Granted
- March 26, 2019
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 10243733
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