SIAS: a secure shopping information agent system

In this paper, we build a Shopping Information Agent System (SIAS) based on mobile agent technology. We discuss possible security attacks by malicious hosts to agents in the system, and present our solutions to prevent these attacks. We analyze the security of our solutions, and evaluate the performance overhead introduced. Keywords Mobile agents, electronic commerce, information agents, security

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: AGENTS
• Authors: Anthony H. W. Chan, Tsz Yeung Wong, Caris K. M. Wong, Michael R. Lyu
• Keywords: AGENTS 2000, Mobile Agent Technology, Mobile Agents, Possible Security Attacks, Security Privacy