Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses, articles, methods, and systems for pre-processing and packetizing data for transmission in accordance with a transmission protocol are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, articles of manufacture, and systems for receiving a plurality of data packets, analyzing the packets to determine whether each of the packets should be considered legitimate or illegitimate, and routing the legitimate packets to their destinations at a first one or more routing rates, and re-routing the illegitimate packets to one or more special destinations for further analysis or disposition at a second one or more routing rates that are lower than the first one or more routing rates, are described herein.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, articles of manufacture, and systems for creating on a first router a first local route segment, notifying a second router of the first local route segment, receiving by the second router the notification, receiving by the second router a packet destined for a computing device coupled to the first router, routing the packet to its destination over a first (e.g. public) wide area network and the first local route segment, and, on “failure” to route a packet through the first network, routing the packet over a second (e.g.