Authentication for Mobile Agents

Berkovits, Shimshon; Guttman, Joshua D.; Swarup, Vipin

doi:10.1007/3-540-68671-1_7

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“…Upon arrival at a remote node, a mobile agent presents its credentials, obtains access to local services and data to collect needed information or perform certain actions, and then departs with the results. One of the most important aspects of mobile agents is the security, which is not addressed here, but is being actively investigated [6], [7]. The transfer of partial fusion results by a mobile agent may still have the risk of being spied on with hostile intent; the serial data collection process employed by the mobile agent obviously decreases the chance of exposing the individual raw data.…”

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On computing mobile agent routes for data fusion in distributed sensor networks

Rao

Barhen

et al. 2004

IEEE Trans. Knowl. Data Eng.

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Abstract-The problem of computing a route for a mobile agent that incrementally fuses the data as it visits the nodes in a distributed sensor network is considered. The order of nodes visited along the route has a significant impact on the quality and cost of fused data, which, in turn, impacts the main objective of the sensor network, such as target classification or tracking. We present a simplified analytical model for a distributed sensor network and formulate the route computation problem in terms of maximizing an objective function, which is directly proportional to the received signal strength and inversely proportional to the path loss and energy consumption. We show this problem to be NP-complete and propose a genetic algorithm to compute an approximate solution by suitably employing a two-level encoding scheme and genetic operators tailored to the objective function. We present simulation results for networks with different node sizes and sensor distributions, which demonstrate the superior performance of our algorithm over two existing heuristics, namely, local closest first and global closest first methods.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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On computing mobile agent routes for data fusion in distributed sensor networks

Rao

Barhen

et al. 2004

IEEE Trans. Knowl. Data Eng.

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175

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“…Furthermore, a digital certificate cannot be modified after being issued. While some research focuses on how to develop mutual authentication and authorization protocols [11], it is known that a single certificate certifying only the code provider is not enough to ensure security in mobile agent communities. Following similar lines of thoughts, Lai et al have described a method to electronically represent endorsements, licenses and insurance policies to build enhanced confidence in distributed systems [12].…”

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Migration control for mobile agents based on passport and visa

Guan¹,

Wang²,

Ong³

2003

Future Generation Computer Systems

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Research on mobile agents has attracted much attention as this paradigm has demonstrated great potential for the next-generation e-commerce. Proper solutions to security-related problems become key factors in the successful deployment of mobile agents in e-commerce systems. We propose the use of passport and visa (P/V) for securing mobile agent migration across communities based on the SAFER e-commerce framework. P/V not only serves as up-to-date digital credentials for agent-host authentication, but also provides effective security mechanisms for online communities to control mobile agent migration. Protection for mobile agents, network hosts, and online communities is enhanced using P/V. We discuss the design issues in details and evaluate the implementation of the proposed system.

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“…Such logic can be used to verify the semantics of an agent system by linking system states with agent mental states. Berkovits et al (1998) propose trust relations in mobile agent environments based on Lampson et al's logic for authentication . They focus on three goals: certification of executing a mobile agent by a host, providing necessary privileges for agents to carry out their tasks, and ensuring the non-malicious state of an agent due to alterations imposed by the host.…”

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A survey of security issue in multi-agent systems

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Multi-agent systems have attracted the attention of researchers because of agents' automatic, pro-active, and dynamic problem solving behaviors. Consequently, there has been a rapid development in agent technology which has enabled us to provide or receive useful and convenient services in a variety of areas such as banking, transportation, e-business, and healthcare. In many of these services, it is, however, necessary that security is guaranteed. Unless we guarantee the security services based on agent-based systems, these services will face significant deployment problems. In this paper, we survey existing work related to security in multi-agent systems, especially focused on access control and trust/reputation, and then present our analyses. We also present existing problems and discuss future research challenges.

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Authentication for Mobile Agents

Cited by 52 publications

References 8 publications

On computing mobile agent routes for data fusion in distributed sensor networks

On computing mobile agent routes for data fusion in distributed sensor networks

Migration control for mobile agents based on passport and visa

A survey of security issue in multi-agent systems

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