An Overview of SECMAP Secure Mobile Agent Platform
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Mobile agent technology presents an attractive alternative to the client-server paradigm; however, the lack of a feasible agent security model seriously hinders the adoption of the agent paradigm. This paper describes a mobile agent platform, Secure Mobile Agent Platform (SECMAP) and its security infrastructure. SECMAP presents abstractions which ensure the protection of agents and system components through a shielded agent model. It provides secure agent communication and migration facilities, and maintains security policy information to examine agent actions and to prevent undesired/unauthorized activity.
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