Constructing secure mobile agent systems using the agent operating system

International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-381

  Van't Noordende, Guido J ^a   Overeinder, Benno J ^a   Timmer, Reinier J ^a   Brazier, Frances M T ^a   Tanenbaum, Andrew S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent transfer protocol; ATP; Audit trails; Mobile agent systems; Secure agent middleware design; Security

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; C++ (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); INTEROPERABILITY; MIDDLEWARE;

AGENT TRANSFER PROTOCOL; AUDIT TRAILS; MIDDLEWARE DESIGN; MOBILE AGENT SYSTEM; SECURITY;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 75649119577     PISSN: 17515858     EISSN: 17515866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIIDS.2009.030435     Document Type: Article

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