A mobile agent clone detection system using general transferable E-cash and its specific implementation with Ferguson's E-coin.

• Other Authors: Lam, Tak-Cheung.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Mobile agents (Computer software); Computer security; Electronic funds transfers > Security measures
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5891219; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-323978

by Lam Tak-Cheung. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-66). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- Evolution of the Mobile Agent Paradigm --- p.2 === Chapter 1.2 --- Beneficial Aspects of Mobile Agents --- p.3 === Chapter 1.3 --- Security Threats of Mobile Agents --- p.4 === Chapter 1.4 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.6 === Chapter 2. --- Background of Cryptographic Theories --- p.7 === Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.7 === Chapter 2.2 --- Encryption and Decryption --- p.7 === Chapter 2.3 --- Six Cryptographic Primitives --- p.8 === Chapter 2.3.1 --- Symmetric Encryption --- p.8 === Chapter 2.3.2 --- Asymmetric Encryption --- p.9 === Chapter 2.3.3 --- Digital Signature --- p.9 === Chapter 2.3.4 --- Message Digest --- p.10 === Chapter 2.3.5 --- Digital Certificate --- p.11 === Chapter 2.3.6 --- Zero-Knowledge Proof --- p.11 === Chapter 2.4 --- RSA Public Key Cryptosystem --- p.12 === Chapter 2.5 --- Blind Signature --- p.13 === Chapter 2.6 --- Secret Sharing --- p.14 === Chapter 2.7 --- Conclusion Remarks --- p.14 === Chapter 3. --- Background of Mobile Agent Clones --- p.15 === Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.15 === Chapter 3.2 --- Types of Agent Clones --- p.15 === Chapter 3.3 --- Mobile Agent Cloning Problems --- p.16 === Chapter 3.4 --- Baek's Detection Scheme for Mobile Agent Clones --- p.17 === Chapter 3.4.1 --- The Main Idea --- p.17 === Chapter 3.4.2 --- Shortcomings of Baek's Scheme --- p.18 === Chapter 3.5 --- Conclusion Remarks --- p.19 === Chapter 4. --- Background of E-cash --- p.20 === Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.20 === Chapter 4.2 --- The General E-cash Model --- p.21 === Chapter 4.3 --- Chaum-Pedersen's General Transferable E-cash --- p.22 === Chapter 4.4 --- Ferguson's Single-term Off-line E-coins --- p.23 === Chapter 4.4.1 --- Technical Background of the Secure Tools --- p.24 === Chapter 4.4.2 --- Protocol Details --- p.27 === Chapter 4.5 --- Conclusion Remarks --- p.30 === Chapter 5. --- A Mobile Agent Clone Detection System using General Transferable E-cash --- p.31 === Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.31 === Chapter 5.2 --- Terminologies --- p.33 === Chapter 5.3 --- Mobile Agent Clone Detection System with Transferable E-cash --- p.34 === Chapter 5.4 --- Security and Privacy Analysis --- p.37 === Chapter 5.5 --- Attack Scenarios --- p.39 === Chapter 5.5.1 --- The Chosen Host Response Attack --- p.39 === Chapter 5.5.2 --- The Truncation and Substitution Attack --- p.40 === Chapter 5.6 --- An Alternative Scheme without Itinerary Privacy --- p.41 === Chapter 5.7 --- Conclusion Remarks --- p.43 === Chapter 6. --- Specific Implementation of the Mobile Agent Clone Detection System with Transferable Ferguson's E-coin --- p.45 === Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.45 === Chapter 6.2 --- The Clone Detection Environment --- p.46 === Chapter 6.3 --- Protocols --- p.48 === Chapter 6.3.2 --- Withdrawing E-tokens --- p.48 === Chapter 6.3.2 --- The Agent Creation Protocol --- p.51 === Chapter 6.3.3 --- The Agent Migration Protocol --- p.51 === Chapter 6.3.4 --- Clone Detection and Culprit Identification --- p.52 === Chapter 6.4 --- Security and Privacy Analysis --- p.54 === Chapter 6.5 --- Complexity Analysis --- p.55 === Chapter 6.5.1 --- Compact Passport --- p.55 === Chapter 6.5.2 --- Passport growth in size --- p.56 === Chapter 6.6 --- Conclusion Remarks --- p.56 === Chapter 7. --- Conclusions --- p.58 === Appendix 一 Papers derived from this thesis Bibliography