When agents roam, who can you trust?

Ordille, Joann J.

doi:10.1109/etacom.1996.502505

Cited by 47 publications

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“…Ajanta [7] and SOMA 1 ) usually take the user's signature as an indication of the authority. -Path Histories [8]. The main idea of this technique is to keep a verifiable record of the platforms already visited by an agent, so that the next platform to be visited can determine if the agent will be processed and which resource restrictions will be applied.…”

Section: Security In Mobile Agent Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Security Mechanisms for Mobile Agent Platforms Based on SPKI/SDSI Chains of Trust

Wangham

Fraga

Obelheiro

et al. 2004

Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems II

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Abstract. This work defines a security scheme, based on SPKI/SDSI chains of trust, for protecting mobile agent platforms in large-scale distributed systems. The scheme is composed by a protocol of mutual authentication, a mobile agent authenticator and a mechanism for the generation of protection domain. Due to the flexibility of the SPKI/SDSI certificate delegation infrastructures used, the proposed scheme provides a decentralized control for authorization and authentication.

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Section: Security In Mobile Agent Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Security Mechanisms for Mobile Agent Platforms Based on SPKI/SDSI Chains of Trust

Wangham

Fraga

Obelheiro

et al. 2004

Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems II

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“…A one-hop agent is an agent that only migrates from one host to another and back, or it can also stay at the destination host. On the other hand, a multi-hop agent is a mobile agent that travels through many hosts [5]. For a multi-hop agent, the list of hosts visited is the path history.…”

Section: Path Patternmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To enable the platform to answer these questions, a mobile agent should maintain an authenticated record of previously visited platform during its travel history. Using this history, the platform can make the decision whether to run the agent and what level of trust, services, resources and privileges should be granted to the agent [4,5].…”

Section: A Path Historymentioning

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Trust Level and Routing Selection for Mobile Agents in a Smart Home

Nasution

Hartel

Suryana

et al. 2010

2010 Second International Conference on Computer Modeling and Simulation

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Abstract-the central security concern for systems where agents roam is how to establish trust in the agent. We present a Fuzzy Logic mechanism to calculate a level of trust and an optimal route for a mobile agent system in a smart home. The mechanism consists of two parts. The first part calculates a trust level at the platform side to decide which actions should be allowed to a visiting mobile agent. The second part calculates an optimal route at the mobile agent side to decide an alternative destination in the case of rejection by a platform. We provide examples from smart home scenarios, showing how flexible the proposed mechanism is. The simulation has been implemented using Matlab Simulink.

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“…• sites can block out access by agents (Eichman, 1995); • agents roaming the server can threaten the server with theft of resources, assets and reputation (Ordille and Travis, 1996).…”

Section: Issues With Agent Technologiesmentioning

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An Analysis of Using Expert Systems and Intelligent Agents for the Virtual Library Project at the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Carderock Division

Liebowìtz

Adya

World Libraries on the Information Superhighway

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The Virtual Library Project1 at the Naval Surface Warfare Center/Carderock Division (NSWC/CD) is being developed to facilitate the incorporation and use of library documents via the Internet. These documents typically relate to the design and manufacture of ships for the U.S. Navy Fleet. As such, the libraries will store documents that contain not only text but also images, graphs and design configurations. Because of the dynamic nature of digital documents, particularly those related to design, rapid and effective cataloging of these documents becomes challenging. We conducted a research study to analyze the use of expert systems and intelligent agents to support the function of cataloging digital documents. This chapter provides an overview of past research in the use of expert systems and intelligent agents for cataloging digital documents and discusses our recommendations based on NSWC/CD’s requirements.

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When agents roam, who can you trust?

Cited by 47 publications

References 4 publications

Security Mechanisms for Mobile Agent Platforms Based on SPKI/SDSI Chains of Trust

Security Mechanisms for Mobile Agent Platforms Based on SPKI/SDSI Chains of Trust

Trust Level and Routing Selection for Mobile Agents in a Smart Home

An Analysis of Using Expert Systems and Intelligent Agents for the Virtual Library Project at the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Carderock Division

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