In one aspect of the invention, a configurable reliable messaging system is provided. The configurable reliable messaging system comprises a communication subsystem capable of configurably transmitting and receiving a message across a network using at least one of a plurality of network links, a plurality of internet protocols and a plurality of transport protocols. The configurable reliable messaging system also comprises a reliability subsystem capable of configurably logging the message, detecting a plurality of failures, notifying a remote entity interconnected with the configurable reliable messaging system via the network of the plurality of failures, and recovering from the plurality of failures. In addition, the configurable reliable messaging system comprises a control module capable of configuring the communication subsystem and the reliability subsystem based on a set of input parameters.