Lance M. Cottrell - San Diego CA, US Brian Brennet - El Cajon CA, US Daniel Tentler - San Diego CA, US Gene Anderson - Escondido CA, US
International Classification:
G06F 15/16 G06F 21/00
US Classification:
726 12, 709228, 709203
Abstract:
A system for protecting identify of network devices (, and ) in a network environment. The system includes an apparatus having an interface to the network for completing connections to destination devices (, and ) on the public side of the network. The apparatus includes a masking element () for associating at least one masking identifier with a communication from the network device and masking the identifier of the network device from the destination device.