System and method for secure dual channel communication through a firewall

A communication system comprising:

• a first peer comprising:
• a communications module configured to receive a dual communication packet from a second peer over a first channel, the dual communication packet including a header having a second peer external IP address and a data payload having an encrypted portion with a second peer internal IP address and a second peer data port number;
• a codec configured to decrypt the encrypted portion;
• a translation module configured to retrieve the second peer external IP address from the header and to replace the second peer internal IP address of the data payload with the second peer external IP address;
• and
• the system configured to process the data payload with the second peer external IP address to establish a second channel.

A method for communicating between a first peer and a second peer, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the second peer, an IP Packet from the first peer, the IP packet including a header and a data payload including a port command;
• the header including a first IP address of the first peer and the port command including an encrypted second IP address of the first peer;
• decrypting the encrypted second IP address of the first peer;
• retrieving the first IP address of the first peer from the header;
• generating a modified port command including the first IP address of the first peer in place of the second IP address of the first peer;
• and
• replacing the decrypted port command in the data payload with the modified port command;
• and
• processing the payload with the second IP address of the first peer to establish a data socket between the first and second peers.