Abstract: An exemplary method for securely identifying deficiencies in software code comprises: receiving, from a user device, a user query comprising obfuscated user software code data and a user-specified software code portion specification; obtaining, based on the user-specified software code portion specification, one or more obfuscated reference software code data structures constructed from reference software code associated with one or more predefined deficiencies; comparing the obfuscated user software code data with the one or more obfuscated reference software code data structures; if the obfuscated user software code data matches at least one of the obfuscated reference software code data structures, identifying the one or more predefined deficiencies in the obfuscated user software code data; and providing an indication of the identified one or more predefined deficiencies to the user device for flagging.

Abstract: A network communication system comprising a client device, a pre-proxy server, a forward proxy server, a destination server, and a nameserver is provided. The nameserver is configured such that when the client device requests a network address of the destination server, the nameserver instead provides a network address of the pre-proxy server. The client device then relies on the provided network address to send traffic to the pre-proxy server that appears, to the client, to be directed to the destination server. The pre-proxy server optionally processes the received data and causes the data to be forwarded to the destination server via a multi-party relay (MPR) pathway. Secure and anonymized access for the client device to the destination server via an MPR pathway is thereby provided without requiring the client device to rely on specialized hardware or software.