3rd International ICST Symposium on Information Assurance and Security

Research Article

Comparing the Trust and Security Models of Mobile Agents

  • @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.