US Patent 10333951 Method and system for implementing golden container storage

A method and a system for implementing golden container storage. Specifically, the disclosed method and system entail the creation of a container registry to securely store golden containers (or templates) for containers of specific application types that execute within a service platform. Given short retention spans, the containers are constantly being cycled out. Each recreated container is modeled after one of the golden containers, and assigned new Internet Protocol (IP) and/or media access control (MAC) addresses rather than assuming the existing addresses of the containers the recreated containers replace. Substantively, embodiments of the invention employ these tactics towards implementing a moving target defense (MTD) strategy.