Comparing the Trust and Security Models of Mobile Agents

Michail  Fragkakis; Nikolaos  Alexandris

3rd International ICST Symposium on Information Assurance and Security

Research Article

Comparing the Trust and Security Models of Mobile Agents

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/IAS.2007.15,
    author={Michail  Fragkakis  and Nikolaos  Alexandris},
    title={Comparing the Trust and Security Models of Mobile Agents},
    proceedings={3rd International ICST Symposium on  Information Assurance and Security},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={IAS},
    year={2007},
    month={9},
    keywords={Application software  Communication system security  Data security  Informatics  Information security  Mobile agents  Mobile communication  Multiagent systems  Protection  Standardization},
    doi={10.1109/IAS.2007.15}
}

Michail Fragkakis
Nikolaos Alexandris
Year: 2007
Comparing the Trust and Security Models of Mobile Agents
IAS
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2007.15

Michail Fragkakis ¹, Nikolaos Alexandris¹

1: Department of Informatics University of Piraeus, Greece

Abstract

Mobile agent systems employ a number of security features to address the various threats. Despite this common need for security, there doesn't seem to exist a generic trust and security model that covers all the levels of their operation and that could be used as a standard. This paper intends to present the advances of modern trust and security models by presenting and comparing the security architecture of four major mobile agent platforms. The conclusions drawn are then used to point out deficiencies of current technology and highlight issues that need to be addressed by future research.

Keywords: Application software Communication system security Data security Informatics Information security Mobile agents Mobile communication Multiagent systems Protection Standardization

Published: 2007-09-10
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2011-08-02

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IAS.2007.15