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Title

  • Main Title A Security Model for Mobile Agents using X.509 Proxy Certificates

Creator

  • Author: Raghunathan, Subhashini
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Mikler, Armin R.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Tate, Stephen R.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Boukerche, Azzedine
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Jacob, Roy T.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2002-12
  • Digitized: 2007-07-20

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Mobile agent technology presents an attractive alternative to the client-server paradigm for several network and real-time applications. However, for most applications, the lack of a viable agent security model has limited the adoption of the agent paradigm. This thesis presents a security model for mobile agents based on a security infrastructure for Computational Grids, and specifically, on X.509 Proxy Certificates. Proxy Certificates serve as credentials for Grid applications, and their primary purpose is temporary delegation of authority. Exploiting the similarity between Grid applications and mobile agent applications, this thesis motivates the use of Proxy Certificates as credentials for mobile agents. A new extension for Proxy Certificates is proposed in order to make them suited to mobile agent applications, and mechanisms are presented for agent-to-host authentication, restriction of agent privileges, and secure delegation of authority during spawning of new agents. Finally, the implementation of the proposed security mechanisms as modules within a multi-lingual and modular agent infrastructure, the Distributed Agent Delivery System, is discussed.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Mobile agents (Computer software)
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Computer security.
  • Keyword: Mobile agents
  • Keyword: security
  • Keyword: proxy certificates

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Raghunathan, Subhashini
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 52136235
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc3320

Degree

  • Degree Name: Master of Science
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Degree Discipline: Computer Science
  • Academic Department: Department of Computer Science
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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