摘要
Mobile agent technology offers a new computing paradigm in which a program,in the form of a software agent, can suspend its execution in a host computer, transfer itself toanother agent - enabled host in the network , and resume execution of the new host. As thesophistication of mobile software has increased 'with the time, so have the associated threats tosecurity. This paper provides an overview of the range of threats facing the designers of mobileagent. The paper also identifies generic security objectives, and a range of measures for counteringthe identified threats.
Mobile agent technology offers a new computing paradigm in which a program,in the form of a software agent, can suspend its execution in a host computer, transfer itself toanother agent - enabled host in the network , and resume execution of the new host. As thesophistication of mobile software has increased 'with the time, so have the associated threats tosecurity. This paper provides an overview of the range of threats facing the designers of mobileagent. The paper also identifies generic security objectives, and a range of measures for counteringthe identified threats.