THREATS TO THE TRUST MODEL OF MOBILE AGENT PLATFORMS

Michail Fragkakis, Nikolaos Alexandris

2008

Abstract

This paper intends to present the ways in which mobile agent architectures address important threats concerning their trust model, by comparing the behaviour of four major mobile agent platforms. The conclusions drawn are then used to point out deficiencies of current technology and highlight issues that need to be addressed by future research.

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Fragkakis M. and Alexandris N. (2008). THREATS TO THE TRUST MODEL OF MOBILE AGENT PLATFORMS . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-8111-51-7, pages 175-180. DOI: 10.5220/0001884301750180


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@conference{icsoft08,
author={Michail Fragkakis and Nikolaos Alexandris},
title={THREATS TO THE TRUST MODEL OF MOBILE AGENT PLATFORMS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT,},
year={2008},
pages={175-180},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001884301750180},
isbn={978-989-8111-51-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT,
TI - THREATS TO THE TRUST MODEL OF MOBILE AGENT PLATFORMS
SN - 978-989-8111-51-7
AU - Fragkakis M.
AU - Alexandris N.
PY - 2008
SP - 175
EP - 180
DO - 10.5220/0001884301750180