ABSTRACT
Mobile Agent Applications and Security
Mobile agents are programs, typically written in a script language, which may be dispatched from a client computer and transported to a remote server computer for execution. Mobile agents offer an important new method of performing transactions and information retrieval in networks. The mobile agent introduces severe concerns for security. We consider the advantages offered by mobile agents and assess them by implementing various applications using it, the creation of a pervasive agent framework facilitates a very large number of network services and applications.
Implementation
Java provides an ideal implementation platform, furnishing tools that help streamline complex software applications. Java’s RMI technology facilitates mobile agent application development, providing key features for distributed network programming. This project uses java’s RMI technology as a foundation for mobile agents.