ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,762, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).
"Protocol obfuscation in moving target defense" was invented by Christopher Zarcone (Marlton, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for implementing a moving target defense are described. The moving target defense can comprise obfuscating a protocol identifier within a packet. The protocol identifier can be replaced with a faux protocol identifier. Additionally, diversion headers can be inserted into to the packet, thereby creating additional layers of complexity."
The patent was filed on Dec. 4, 2023, under Application No. 1...