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This paper deals with introducing general and open security mechanisms into the FIPA (http://www.fipa.org) compliant multi-agent architectures. A general overview of possible security threats and security services (countermeasures) is given first; then additional requirements, our design decisions and points of view concerning fundamental services (confidentiality, authentication, authorization, and integrity) are outlined. Further mentioned services, based on the fundamental ones, can be without concern added to the system.
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Vlcek, T., Zach, J. (2003). Secure FIPA Compliant Agent Architecture Draft. In: Mařík, V., McFarlane, D., Valckenaers, P. (eds) Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems for Manufacturing. HoloMAS 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2744. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45185-3_16
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