Methods, systems and computer readable media for providing resilient computing services using systems diversity

A method for providing resilient computing services using implementation diversity, the method comprising:

• providing a head device for receiving a request from a client replicating the request to generate copies of the request, and sending the copies of the request to a plurality of variates;
• receiving, by the variates, the copies of request replicated by the head device;
• processing, by each variate, a respective one of the copies of the request received by the variate, and generating a response to the respective one of the copies of the request received by the variate, wherein at least some of the variates differ in implementation from each other but are capable of performing the same function;
• and
• receiving, by a response processing server, the responses from the variates, selecting one of the responses, and delivering the response to the client via the head device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by a processor of a computing platform control the computing platform to perform steps comprising:

• providing a head device for receiving a request from a client, for replicating the request to generate copies of the request, and for sending the copies to a plurality of variates;
• receiving, by the variates, the copies of request replicated by the head device;
• processing, by each variate, a respective one of the copies of the request received by the variate, and generating a response to the respective one of the copies of the request received by the variate, wherein at least some of the variates differ in implementation from each other but are capable of performing the same function;
• and
• receiving, by a response processing server, the responses from the variates, selecting one of the responses, and delivering the response to the client via the head device.