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A challenging problem to solve to take full advantage of the benefits of mobile agent (MA) technology is to overcome security problems. In fact, in most cases, the security aspects are taken into account on the implementation stage of software development process, which may lead to the negligence of several aspects of security. However, including security properties in the design stage could lead to the development of a more secure MA system, especially that current MA platforms do not cover all security criteria. In this paper, we present a detailed modelling of security properties related to the security of mobile agents, stationary agents and places. The proposed model allows taking into account the security aspect earlier on the software development process and also it can be a first step to help researchers ameliorating security level on MA platforms.
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Samet, D., Ktata, F.B., Ghedira, K. (2019). Securing Mobile Agents, Stationary Agents and Places in Mobile Agents Systems. In: Jezic, G., Chen-Burger, YH., Howlett, R., Jain, L., Vlacic, L., Šperka, R. (eds) Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications 2018. KES-AMSTA-18 2018. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 96. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92031-3_10
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