Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Sergey V Gerasimov

Sherry Krell

Marc Anthony Sordi

Clay E Olsen

A first domain name system (DNS) server of a first protocol type is requested to resolve a network name into a network address of the first protocol type. Where the network name is not resolved into a network address of the first protocol type by the first DNS server, a second DNS server of a second protocol type is requested to resolve the network name into a network address of the second protocol type. Where the first DNS server or the second DNS server resolves the network name into a network address, the network address into which the network name has been resolved is returned for access of a network resource at the network address and identified by the network name.

Network name resolution into network address

Disclosed are systems and methods for seeding a random number generator, comprising retrieving a first data block from a memory; initially seeding the random number generator using the first data block as a seed; retrieving a number generated by the random number generator; mapping the number to a memory address in the memory using a mathematical function; retrieving a successive data block from the memory address; and successively seeding the random number generator with a combination of the seed and the successive data block such that the combination of the seed and the successive data block becomes a resulting seed.

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Rocklin, CA, United States of America

Sergey V Gerasimov