| Title: | A DYNAMIC SECURITY ADAPTATION MECHANISM FOR MOBILE AGENTS |
| DOI No: | 10.1142/9789812702654_0094 |
| Source: | WAVELET ANALYSIS AND ITS APPLICATIONS, AND ACTIVE MEDIA TECHNOLOGY (pp 634-639)
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| Author(s): | ZHI WANG
Department of Computer Sciences, Ocean University of China, 23 Xianggangdong Road, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China
ZHONGWEN GUO
Department of Computer Sciences, Ocean University of China, 23 Xianggangdong Road, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China
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| Abstract: | As a new computation paradigm, the Mobile Agent (MA) paradigm seems to be a promising technology for developing applications in open, distributed and heterogeneous environments, such as the Internet. Although security is very important for mobile agent system, security has not been pursued in a satisfactory way yet. After discussing the security problems and the existing security technology of mobile agent, a dynamic security adaptation mechanism is presented. Using this mechanism, different security implementations can replace one another base on given security policy dynamically. This mechanism provides a framework with which mobile agents can select security implementation dynamically from different security algorithms implementations to adapt different applications and run time environments on demand. We also draw a distinction between adaptation and non-adaptation. Our solution for dynamic security adaptation provides a concept for exchanging environment dependent security implementation of mobile agents dynamically during runtime. Dynamic security adaptation enhances efficiency of mobile agent in terms of bandwidth and scalability on the premise of ensuring the security of itself. |
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