A security protocol for mobile agents based upon the cooperation of sedentary agents

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1228-1243

  Ouardani, Abdelhamid ^a   Pierre, Samuel ^a   Boucheneb, Hanifa ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooperating agent; Malicious host; Mobile agent; Security protocol; Sedentary agent

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOBILE AGENTS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SECURITY OF DATA;

COOPERATING AGENTS; MALICIOUS HOSTS; SECURITY PROTOCOL; SEDENTARY AGENTS;

COMPUTER SYSTEM FIREWALLS;

EID: 34047160916     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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