Client/server programming with Java and CORBA
Client/server programming with Java and CORBA
Component software: beyond object-oriented programming
Component software: beyond object-oriented programming
An Intranet Security Framework Based on Short-Lived Certificates
IEEE Internet Computing
A Hands-On Look at Java Mobile Agents
IEEE Internet Computing
IEEE Internet Computing
A Role-Based Access Control for Intranet Security
IEEE Internet Computing
Towards Fault-Tolerant and Secure Agentry
WDAG '97 Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Distributed Algorithms
Security for Mobile Agents: Authentication and State Appraisal
ESORICS '96 Proceedings of the 4th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security: Computer Security
Security and Reliability in Concordia
HICSS '98 Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 7 - Volume 7
Intelligent Agents for Matching Information Providers and Consumers on the World-Wide-Web
HICSS '97 Proceedings of the 30th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: Information Systems Track—Internet and the Digital Economy - Volume 4
Intelligent Agent Based Contract Process in Electronic Commerce: UNIK-AGENT Approach
HICSS '97 Proceedings of the 30th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: Information Systems Track—Internet and the Digital Economy - Volume 4
QofIS'02/ICQT'02 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on quality of future internet services and internet charging and QoS technologies 2nd international conference on From QoS provisioning to QoS charging
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A number of challenges face the developers of distributed agent-based solutions. This is especially true for those developing agent-based solutions for electronic commerce. Key challenges include secure and efficient software agent deployment, secure communications and the difficulties of developing and monitoring agent systems deployed across a network. This paper reports on the development of a Java-based agent distribution framework which provides the following advantages for developing agent-based electronic commerce applications: (1) a secure agent dispatch mechanism based upon agent authentication and role-based security levels, (2) inter-agent communication means that include peer-to-peer communication via its own published objects as well as a multicast event service, (3) encrypted object streams for unicast and multicast communications, (4) reflective communication monitoring for agent system development and visualization, (5) mechanisms for efficient agent distribution, and (6) an easy-to-use environment for making small footprint agents.