Transient Transaction Server DNS Strategy

A method of executing a transaction for a user, the method being performed by at least one computer processor executing computer program instructions tangibly stored on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method comprising:

• in response to receiving at a control server, over a network, a request to execute a transaction from the user:
• selecting a transaction server that is unaddressable over the network,
• updating at least one security policy of the transaction server so that the transaction server becomes addressable over the network, and
• providing the user with an IP address of the transaction server, wherein the IP address of the transaction server is different from an IP address of the control server;
• and
• executing the transaction by the transaction server in response to messages transmitted from the user directly to the transaction server over the network using the IP address of the transaction server.

A computer system for executing a transaction for a user, the computer system comprising:

• a control server;
• and
• a pool of transaction servers that are each unaddressable over a network,
• wherein the control server is programmed to:
• in response to receiving over the network, a request to execute a transaction from a user:
• select one of the transaction servers that is unaddressable over the network;
• update at least one security policy of the selected transaction server so that the selected transaction server becomes addressable over the network;
• and
• provide the user with an IP address of the selected transaction server, wherein the IP address of the selected transaction server is different from an IP address of the control server, and
• wherein the selected transaction server is programmed to execute the transaction in response to messages transmitted from the user directly to the selected transaction server over the network using the IP address of the selected transaction server.