MAIS: MOBILE AGENT INTEGRITY SYSTEM - A Security System to IDS based on Autonomous Agents

Abstract

Intrusion Detection Systems based on autonomous agents are a promising technology due to their scalability, resilience to failures, independence and reduction of network traffic. However, when used to protect critical systems, the IDS by itself can be the target of malicious attacks. In this paper we propose a security system to verify the integrity of the IDS agents during their execution time, by using software watermarking techniques.