Abstract. Role-based access control (RBAC) is recognized as an excellent model for access control in large-scale networked applications. Formalization of RBAC in a logical approach...
In the past, it was very common to develop middleware without consideration of security from the very beginning. To integrate security, the middleware that should be protected has...
We believe that to fully support adaptive distributed applications, middleware must itself be adaptable, adaptive and policy-free. In this paper we present a new language-independ...
Alan Dearle, Graham N. C. Kirby, Stuart J. Norcros...
Abstract—In distributed environments, access control decisions depend on statements of multiple agents rather than only one central trusted party. However, existing policy langua...
This paper describes a security model for mobile agent based systems. The model defines the notion of a security-enhanced agent and outlines security management components in agen...