Abstract: A system and method allowing engineers to create large scale, consumer oriented, distributed applications that utilize peer to peer messaging patterns and service oriented architectures. Applications built using the method produce operational cost curves typical of successful peer to peer systems. The system includes mechanisms to deal with reliably and securely sending messages over consumer grade networks that are inherently unreliable and insecure while still permitting direct, consumer-to-consumer messaging by virtue of an extensible Network Address Translation traversal strategy. The system and method allows for the creation of consumer applications by facilitating the identification, location and assembly of services running in a network on a plurality of devices. While the application of the system and method to the distribution of large digital media is readily apparent, the system and method is, in no way, limited to this domain.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for domain name validation are described. Data structure is maintained in a network node, the data structure includes a set of domain names and at least one alternative domain name corresponding to each domain name from the set of domain names, the network node is coupled to a wireless network to and a wired network. The data structure is used to validate a domain name associated with an attempted access to a network site on the wired network by a mobile device on the wireless network.