Title :
Software agent-mediated confidential information gathering system
Author :
Yi, Xun ; Siew, Chee Kheong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore
Abstract :
We propose a confidential information gathering system which employs a software agent traversing a list of information resource servers on the Internet to gather confidential information. Both software agent technology and cryptographic technology are applied to automate and secure the confidential information gathering process
Keywords :
cryptography; data privacy; information retrieval systems; software agents; Internet; automation; cryptographic technology; information resource servers; security; software agent-mediated confidential information gathering system; Certification; Digital signatures; Humans; Information resources; Information security; Internet; Public key; Public key cryptography; Software agents;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2000. Proceedings. Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Iwate
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0568-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICPADS.2000.857738