Abstract
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 (secure agent fabrication, evolution, and roaming) for e-commerce framework. P/V not only serve as up-to-date digital credentials for agent-host authentication, but also provide 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 detail and evaluate the implementation of the proposed system.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 173-186 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Future Generation Computer Systems |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Selected papers from the TERENA Networking Conference 2002 - Limerick, Ireland Duration: 3 Jun 2002 → 6 Jun 2002 |
Keywords
- E-commerce
- Migration
- Mobile agents
- Passports and visa
- SAFER