Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for fault tolerant distributed computing. At least three fault tolerant messages are generated. The generating involves obtaining a first initial message identifier; mapping the initial message identifier to at least three different fault tolerant identifiers; and using the at least three different fault tolerant identifiers to identify the at least three fault tolerant messages. The at least three fault tolerant messages are then transmitted along at least one communication channel. The at least one communication channel may be a Controller Area Network (CAN) bus and the initial message identifier may be a CAN identifier.