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Mitigating the mobile agent malicious host problem by using communication patterns

I. Stengel (Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland and Institute for Graphic Data Processing, University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt, Germany)
K.P. Fischer (Digamma Communication Consulting GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany)
U. Bleimann (Aida Institute of Applied Informatics, Darmstadt, Germany)
J. Stynes (Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland)

Information Management & Computer Security

ISSN: 0968-5227

Article publication date: 1 July 2005

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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

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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