Method and system for algorithm-based address-evading network snoop avoider

A distributed data processing system for communicating on a wide area network, the distributed data processing system comprising:

• establishing means for establishing a virtual private network (VPN) tunnel using a first network address for a first data processing system and a second network address for a second data processing system, wherein the first network address and the second network address are addresses used to route data over the wide area network;
• transmitting means for transmitting data packets on the wide area network from the first data processing system to the second data processing system using the VPN tunnel;
• and
• reconfiguring means for automatically selecting, during a same session between the first data processing system and the second data processing system, an alternate VPN tunnel for transmitting data packets on the wide area network from the first data processing system to the second data processing system by selecting alternate network addresses for the first data processing system and the second data processing system, wherein the alternate network addresses are addresses used to route data over the wide area network, and wherein the alternate network addresses are different from the first network address and the second network address.

A computer program product on a computer-readable medium for use in a data processing system for communicating on a network, the computer program product comprising:

• instructions for establishing a virtual private network (VPN) tunnel using a first network address for a first data processing system and a second network address for a second data processing system, wherein the first network address and the second network address are addresses used to route data over the wide area network;
• instructions for transmitting data packets on the wide area network from the first data processing system to the second data processing system using the VPN tunnel;
• and
• instructions for automatically selecting, during a same session between the first data processing system and the second data processing system, an alternate VPN tunnel for transmitting data packets on the wide area network from the first data processing system to the second data processing system by selecting alternate network addresses for the first data processing system and the second data processing system, wherein the alternate network addresses are addresses used to route data over the wide area network, and wherein the alternate network addresses are different from the first network address and the second network address.