Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Skip to main content
Springer Nature Link
Log in

Anonymous Communications for Mobile Agents

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Mobile Agents for Telecommunication Applications (MATA 2002)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 2521))

  • 221 Accesses

Abstract

Anonymous communication techniques are vital for some types of ecommerce applications. There have been several different approaches developed for providing anonymous communication over the Internet. In this paper, we review key techniques for anonymous communication and describe an alternate anonymous networking approach based on agile agents intended to provide anonymous communication protection for mobile agent systems.

NRC Paper number: NRC-44948

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
$34.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or eBook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. D.B. Lange and M. Oshima. Seven Good Reasons for Mobile Agents. Communications of the ACM, 42(3), 1999.

    Google Scholar 

  2. D. Chaum. Untraceable Electronic Mail, Return Address, and Digital Pseudonyms. Communications of the ACM, vol.24 no.2, pages 84–88, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. D. Goldschlag, M. Reed and P. Syverson. Onion Routing for Anonymous and Private Internet Connections. Communication of the ACM, vol.42, no.2, pages 39–41, 1999.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. D. Goldschlag, M. Reed and P. Syverson. Hiding Routing Information. In R. Anderson, editor, Information Hiding: First International Workshop, Volume 1174 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 137–150, Springer-Verlag, 1996.

    Google Scholar 

  5. M. Reed, P. Syverson and D. Goldschlag. Anonymous Connections and Onion Routing. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol.16, no.4, pages 482–494, May 1998.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute for Information Technology, National Research Council of Canada, K1A 0R6, Ontario, Ottawa, Canada

    Larry Korba, Ronggong Song & George Yee

Authors
  1. Larry Korba
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Ronggong Song
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. George Yee
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161, Louis Pasteur, K1N 6N5, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Ahmed Karmouch

  2. Fraunhofer Institut FOKUS, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31, 10589, Berlin, Germany

    Thomas Magedanz

  3. Departament de Tecnologia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Pg. Circumvallació 8, 08003, Barcelona, Spain

    Jaime Delgado

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2002 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Korba, L., Song, R., Yee, G. (2002). Anonymous Communications for Mobile Agents. In: Karmouch, A., Magedanz, T., Delgado, J. (eds) Mobile Agents for Telecommunication Applications. MATA 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2521. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36086-7_16

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36086-7_16

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-00021-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-36086-5

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation