Mitigating the mobile agent malicious host problem by using communication patterns
Abstract
Purpose
This paper seeks to describe an approach to mitigate the unsoluble malicious host problem.
Design/methodology/approach
By using obfuscation as a component of communication patterns and their switching in an environment of cooperating agents the malicious host can be detected and the attacked agents can be deleted.
Findings
Finds that the information about the detected malicious host can be used further, e.g. to prevent another mobile agent from visiting this host.
Originality/value
This paper will be helpful to people involved in information management and computer security issues.
Keywords
Citation
Stengel, I., Fischer, K.P., Bleimann, U. and Stynes, J. (2005), "Mitigating the mobile agent malicious host problem by using communication patterns", Information Management & Computer Security, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp. 203-211. https://doi.org/10.1108/09685220510602022
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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