Macro-level attention to mobile agent security: introducing the mobile agent secure hub infrastructure concept

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 3269, Issue , 2004, Pages 343-357

  Giansiracusa, Michelangelo ^a   Russell, Selwyn ^a   Clark, Andrew ^a   Roth, Volker ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Institute for Computer Graphics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accountability; Anonymity; Macro level issues; Mobile agent protection; Mobile Agent Secure Hub; Reputation; Trusted Third Party

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; INTERNET;

ACCOUNTABILITY; ANONYMITY; MOBILE AGENT PROTECTION; REPUTATION; TRUSTED THIRD PARTIES;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 26444609275     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-30191-2_27     Document Type: Article

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