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A Multi - Faceted Approach to Mobile Agent Security

by Anthony M. Ngereki, andrew M. Kahonge
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 120 - Number 21
Year of Publication: 2015
Authors: Anthony M. Ngereki, andrew M. Kahonge
10.5120/21352-4118

Anthony M. Ngereki, andrew M. Kahonge . A Multi - Faceted Approach to Mobile Agent Security. International Journal of Computer Applications. 120, 21 ( June 2015), 20-26. DOI=10.5120/21352-4118

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author = { Anthony M. Ngereki, andrew M. Kahonge },
title = { A Multi - Faceted Approach to Mobile Agent Security },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { June 2015 },
volume = { 120 },
number = { 21 },
month = { June },
year = { 2015 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 20-26 },
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url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume120/number21/21352-4118/ },
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Abstract

Mobile agents are increasingly becoming popular in the development of current distributed applications. However, the mobility and autonomy factors of mobile agents present a host of security challenges in a distributed environment. In an attempt to ensure security of the mobile agent against a malicious host, a security framework is proposed. Our security mechanism uses a multi-faceted approach to protect mobile agents and must be incorporated from the design stage of agent systems. We identify major security threats against mobile agents by a malicious platform and propose algorithms to counter them. We then test a multi-agent system that incorporates these algorithms against one that doesn't and compare the results.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Agent Security Authentication Authorization Monitoring Supervision Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Transport Layer Security (TLS) Agent Communication.

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