Title :
Protecting mobile code in the world
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
Proposed applications for mobile code systems include autonomous shopping agents, autonomic systems, distributed sensor network applications, and interstellar space networks. I argue the case for mobile code systems as the next-generation distributed programming paradigm and discuss the security problems that must be addressed before this vision is practically realizable. The security discussion will focus on protecting mobile code programs that execute in the wild from malicious actions by remote hosts.
Keywords :
distributed programming; mobile agents; security of data; autonomic systems; autonomous shopping agents; distributed sensor network applications; interstellar space networks; malicious actions; mobile code systems; next-generation distributed programming paradigm; remote hosts; security problems; Application software; Buildings; Delay; Distributed computing; Handheld computers; Mars; Mobile computing; Protection; Scalability; Space technology;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIC.2003.1189192
