Title: A survey on distributed mobile agents' system security

Authors: Yousra Berguig; Jalal Laassiri; Salaheddine Krit

Addresses: Informatics Systems and Optimization Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kénitra, Morocco; Polydisciplinary Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Ouarzazate, Morocco ' Informatics Systems and Optimization Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kénitra, Morocco; Polydisciplinary Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Ouarzazate, Morocco ' Informatics Systems and Optimization Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kénitra, Morocco; Polydisciplinary Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Abstract: A multi-agent system (MAS) is a system in which there is a cooperation of autonomous entities called 'agents', with intelligent behaviour, and have the power to coordinate their goals and action plans to solve a problem or achieve an objective. They are widely applied in telecommunications and e-commerce. In this paper we investigate the security of the distributed mobile agents' system. We also discuss the problem of availability of a mobile agent while exposing an overview about the DDoS which is the major attack that threatens the availability in a system. Furthermore, we establish a method to guarantee the confidentiality and secure mobility of a mobile agent during its migration in a distributed system by combining the principle of serialisation and cryptography.

Keywords: mobile agents; security; JADE; cryptography; serialisation; network security protocol; security mechanisms; DDoS attack; distributed systems; communication security; mobility.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKESDP.2020.112617

International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms, 2020 Vol.7 No.1, pp.14 - 24

Accepted: 14 Oct 2019
Published online: 25 Jan 2021 *

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