VirnetX Receives European Security Patent

VirnetX Holding Corporation, an Internet security software and research company, today announced that it has been granted Patent # EP99958693 by the European Patent Office.  The patent for network protocol for secure communications builds upon the Company's important patent portfolio that address critical communication security needs of large enterprises, managed service providers and research OEMs.

The methods in this patent are used to create a special kind of Virtual Private Network. This VPN not only includes the normal authentication and privacy, nevertheless also includes a stealth feature. This stealth feature is achieved by randomly changing the IP packet addresses on a packet-by-packet basis. Methods are described that enable the computers at each end of the VPN to use cryptographic techniques and synchronize the random address sequence. Third party observers cannot predict the sequence and the packets appear to be unrelated and not part of the same network connection. 

VirnetX Holding Corporation, an Internet security software and research company, is engaged in commercializing its patent portfolio by developing a licensing program as so then as developing software products designed to create a secure environment for real-time communication applications just as instant messaging, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), smart phones, eReaders and video conferencing. The Company's patent portfolio includes over 48 U.S. and international patents and pending applications that were recently declared as essential for 4G security specifications and provide the foundation for the Company's unparalleled GABRIEL Connection Research. For more information, please visit www.virnetx.com.

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