Mobile Agent Systems, Recent Security Threats and Counter Measures
Mobile agent technology offers a dramatically evolving computing paradigm in which a program, in the form of a software agent, can suspend its execution on a host computer, transfer itself to another agent-enabled host on the network, and resume execution on the new host. It is 1960s since mobile code has been used in the form of remote job entry systems. Todays mobile agents can be characterized in a number of ways ranging from simple distributed objects to highly organized intelligent software. As a result of this rapid evolvement of mobile agents, plenty of critical security issues has risen and plenty of work is being done to address these problems. The aim is to provide trusted mobile agent systems that can be easily deployed and widely adopted. In this paper, we provide an overview of the most recent threats facing the designers of agent platforms and the developers of agent-based applications. The paper also identifies security objectives, and measures for countering the identified threats and fulfilling those security objectives
Keywords: Mobile agent, Agent platforms, Security threats, Attacks.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Belal Amro
Belal Amro is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Hebron University - Palestine, where he has been working since 2003. Currently, he is conducting research in network security, wireless security, privacy preserving data mining techniques. From 2003 to 2004, he was a research assistant at Hebron University. From 2005 to 2007, he was an instructor in the Computer Science Department at Hebron University after having his MSc. degree of complexity and its interdisciplinary applications form Pavia- Italy. During 2008-2011 he received an ERASMUS PhD grant in Sabanci University-Turkey. From 2011-2012 he worked as research assistant at Sabanci University. In 2012, Belal received a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering From Sabanci University- Istanbul,, turkey.
Belal Amro
Belal Amro is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Hebron University - Palestine, where he has been working since 2003. Currently, he is conducting research in network security, wireless security, privacy preserving data mining techniques. From 2003 to 2004, he was a research assistant at Hebron University. From 2005 to 2007, he was an instructor in the Computer Science Department at Hebron University after having his MSc. degree of complexity and its interdisciplinary applications form Pavia- Italy. During 2008-2011 he received an ERASMUS PhD grant in Sabanci University-Turkey. From 2011-2012 he worked as research assistant at Sabanci University. In 2012, Belal received a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering From Sabanci University- Istanbul,, turkey.
