A secure mobile agents platform

Journal of Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1-21

  Ismail, Leila ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Access control; Authentication; Mobile agents; Security

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; AUTHENTICATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

ACCESS CONTROL POLICIES; DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENTS; INTERFACE DEFINITION LANGUAGES; MOBILE AGENT SYSTEM; PROGRAMMING TASKS; PROTECTION MECHANISMS; SECURE MOBILE AGENT; SECURITY;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 77956183594     PISSN: 17962021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcm.3.2.1-12     Document Type: Article

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