Method and apparatus for conveying a security context in addressing information

A method for conveying a security context, comprising:

• obtaining a virtual address associated with a process executing on a recipient computer system;
• issuing a first Internet Protocol version compliant packet, comprising:
• invoking a Supernet Attach Command on an authentication server daemon;
• receiving, in response to the Supernet Attach Command, Supernet configuration information comprising the security context;
• and
• registering a mapping of the Supernet configuration information with a virtual address daemon,
• wherein the first Internet Protocol version compliant packet comprises a first Internet Protocol version compliant header,
• wherein the first Internet Protocol version compliant header comprises the security context,
• wherein the security context comprises a Supernet identifier, a Channel identifier, and the virtual address, and
• wherein data in a payload of the first Internet Protocol version compliant packet is encrypted using the Supernet identifier and the Channel identifier to obtain an encrypted payload;
• issuing a second Internet Protocol version compliant packet, wherein the second Internet Protocol version compliant packet comprises a second Internet Protocol version compliant header,
• wherein the second Internet Protocol version compliant header comprises a second Internet Protocol version compliant address of the recipient computer system,
• wherein a payload of the second Internet Protocol version compliant packet comprises the first Internet Protocol version compliant packet, and
• wherein the first Internet Protocol version is different from the second Internet Protocol version;
• and
• forwarding the second Internet Protocol version compliant packet to the recipient computer system,
• wherein the security context is used by the recipient computer to decrypt the encrypted payload.