A route secure parallel dispatch model for mobile agents security

Mobile agent technology offers a computing paradigm in which a software agent can transfer itself to other hosts on the network, and execute on the new host. During the self initiated migration, the agent carries all its code and the complete execution state with it. Mobile agent systems build the environment in which mobile agents can exist. Security is a very important issue for widespread deployment of mobile agent systems. Without proper counter measures, use of agent based systems will be severely impeded. However, not all applications require the same set of counter-measures, nor can they depend entirely on the agent system to provide them. Dispatching scheme followed to transfer the agents can also contribute to security features in a mobile agent system. Countermeasures are applied according to the threat profile and intended security objectives of the application. In this paper we discuss parallel mobile agent dispatch model (ROSPAD) to enhance agent as well as route security.