SP 800-19. Mobile Agent Security

摘要: Mobile agent technology offers a new computing paradigm in which program, the form of software agent, can suspend its execution on host computer, transfer itself to another agent-enabled network, and resume host. The use mobile code has long history dating back remote job entry systems 1960's. Today's incarnations be characterized number ways ranging from simple distributed objects highly organized with embedded intelligence. As sophistication increased over time, so too have associated threats security. This report provides an overview range facing designers platforms developers agent-based applications. also identifies generic security objectives, measures for countering identified fulfilling these objectives.