Promether is a new type of network called an Adaptive Symbiotic Network (ASN). Based on the principles of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Ubiquitous Computing, Promether allows anybody to create secure and anonymous networks simply by deploying and configuring a series of reusable software components. It is an open-source and component-based, reusable system that abstracts the details of the secure network from the applications that use it.