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Mobile Agents and Security


Abstract:-
This project have the implementation of a distributed agent architecture for intrusion detection and response in networked computers. Unlike conventional intrusion detection systems (IDS), this security system attempts to emulate mechanisms of the natural immune system using Java-based mobile software agents. These security agents monitor multiple levels (packet, process, system, and user) of networked computers to determine correlation among the observed anomalous patterns, reporting such abnormal behavior to the network administrator and/or possibly taking some action to counter a suspected security violation. The project focuses on the design aspects of such an intrusion detection system by integrating different artificial intelligence techniques and a mobile agent architecture.



Implementation of security agents monitor multiple levels Packet, Process, System, and user of networked computers to determine correlation among the observed anomalous patterns, reporting such abnormal behavior to the network administrator and/or possibly taking some action to counter a suspected security violation.

¢ Active monitoring
Alter detection policies in response to critical events
¢ Robust
Detect failed components and restore them without stopping the system
¢ Acceptable system performance
Should not interfere with the normal functioning of the host.
¢ Dynamic configurability
¢ Change in configuration of software components, administrative policies
¢ Dynamic extensibility
Addition of new monitoring functions, tools
Implementation Modules :-

1. GUI based Remote Interface Monitoring
Listing a Remote Host
Listing Mobile Agent
Display a Warning
Agent Action
Agent information


2. Designing a Remote Server Application
This module is designed for managing and controlling the agents
Execution of agents on the runtime. A machine that hosts incoming agents is running the Java runtime environment. This runtime must implement facilities for executing agents concurrently. Java provides the ability to run several threads on a Java runtime . Therefore, it is easy to manage several concurrent application processes (called agents) on the same runtime. When an agent needs to execute on the runtime, the runtime creates a new thread which executes the agentâ„¢s program.




Migration of agents between different runtimes. The second important issue when implementing a mobile agent distributed environment is agent migration. When an agent
migrates, two kinds of objects have to be transferred: classes and instances. The classes
constitute the program executed by the agent while the instances compose the execution

3. Mobile Agents
The agent learns about its environment and actions to be more effective. The agent must be able to communicate not only with the master agent at the host but with other agents, too. Through this communication, an agent can collaborate with other agents in the intention to reach its goals





4. User Authentication
Creating
Remove
Change
user key.

5. Implementing Mobile Agents

6. Agent is implemented in Agent Runtime Enviroment

Flow Chart







Software Requirements :-
Language : Java, RMI, SWING
O/S : WIN2000 Server , TCP/IP

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http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpu...800-19.pdf
http://srg.cs.uiuc.edu/Security/cherubim/
http://informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/c...s1998.html

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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.

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