A framework to protect mobile agents by using reference states

dc.contributor.authorHohl, Fritzde
dc.date.accessioned2000-03-17de
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-31T07:58:12Z
dc.date.available2000-03-17de
dc.date.available2016-03-31T07:58:12Z
dc.date.issued2000de
dc.date.updated2013-06-28de
dc.description.abstractTo protect mobile agents from attacks by their execution environments, or hosts, one class of protection mechanisms uses 'reference states' to detect modification attacks. Reference states are agent states that have been produced by non-attacking, or reference hosts. This paper examines this class of mechanisms and present the bandwidth of the achieved protection. First, a new general definition of attacks against mobile agents is presented. As this general definition does not lead to a practicable protection scheme, the notion of reference states is introduced. This notion allows to define a protection scheme that can be used to practically realize a whole number of mechanisms to protect mobile agents. Therefore, after an initial analysis of already existing approaches, the abstract features of these approaches are extracted. A discussion examines the strengths and weaknesses of the general protection scheme, and a framework is presented that allows an agent programmer to choose a level of protection using the reference states scheme. An example illustrates the usage of the framework, measurements present the overhead of the framework for the case of the example mechanism.de
dc.identifier.other084732695de
dc.identifier.urihttp://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:93-opus-6028de
dc.identifier.urihttp://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/handle/11682/2463
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18419/opus-2446
dc.language.isoende
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTechnischer Bericht / Universität Stuttgart, Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik;2000,3de
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessde
dc.subject.classificationMobiler Agent , Kommunikationsprotokoll , Schutzde
dc.subject.ddc004de
dc.subject.othermobile agents , securityen
dc.titleA framework to protect mobile agents by using reference statesen
dc.typeworkingPaperde
ubs.fakultaetFakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnikde
ubs.institutInstitut für Parallele und Verteilte Systemede
ubs.opusid602de
ubs.publikation.typArbeitspapierde
ubs.schriftenreihe.nameTechnischer Bericht / Universität Stuttgart, Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnikde

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