An efficient key management scheme for mobile agents in distributed networks

In recent years, the Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem (ECC) has attracted a great deal of attention due to its advantages. In this paper, a new ECC based scheme in a hierarchical mobile agent framework is presented. In the proposed scheme legality of agents is verified by hosts to avoid the masquerade attack. Analyzing the security criteria and performance reports the suitability of the proposed scheme for mobile agent environments.