Secure agent data integrity shield

Sheng Uei Guan*, Yang Yang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In the rapidly expanding field of E-Commerce, mobile agent is the emerging technology that addresses the requirement of intelligent filtering/processing of information. This paper addresses the area of mobile agent data integrity protection. We propose the use of Secure Agent Data Integrity Shield (SADIS) as a scheme that protects the integrity of data collected during agent roaming. With the use of a key seed negotiation protocol and integrity protection protocol, SADIS protects the secrecy as well as the integrity of agent data. Any illegal data modification, deletion, or insertion can be detected either by the subsequent host or the agent butler. Most important of all, the identity of each malicious host can be established. To evaluate the feasibility of our design, a prototype has been developed using Java. The result of benchmarking shows improvement both in terms of data and time efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)311-326
Number of pages16
JournalElectronic Commerce Research and Applications
Volume3
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Agent integrity
  • Agent security
  • Data integrity
  • Electronic commerce
  • Mobile agent

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