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Security Through Varying IPs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-it-could-work dept.

alanjstr writes "Reuters is reporting that an ex-CIA director and ex-KGB man have come together and developed a new way of 'hiding' internet communications. It does this by IP hopping: 'The Invicta system uses special cards to link protected computers to a central control unit. It lets clients decide how often they wish to vary IP addresses and specify which applications may be accessed on their network.'" I've always wondered if there could be a way through software to do this. Of course, a centralized server would need to route which would be a major bandwidth bottleneck.

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  1. Security through Vapor? by ajs · · Score: 5
    This sounds very suspcious to me.... Problems as I see it:
    1. Your clients must all use this technology. This is fine for building a VPN, but it does nothing for building services which must be announced to the public.
    2. The quote: "The number of IP addresses drawn on may be in the billions thanks to an artificial increase in cyberspace, Sheymov said," makes me wonder. Are they refering to IPv6 or to private addresses? If we're talking IPv6, then I'm very concerned because I don't want to see every company on the planet sucking up billions of addresses per application. That would make the increase to 128 bits pointless. If they're talking about private addresses, you still have to map to an external address at some point, and that's your weak link.
    3. Since when do we expect the former head of the CIA to sell security solutions without back doors?
    4. On the other hand, since when do we expect the former head of the CIA to have a technical clue when endorsing products?
    Color me skeptical....