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Explain in detail the concept of mobile agent
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Mobile Agents:
Properties
Advantages - Reduction in network load - Overcome network latency - Async & autonomous execution - Fault tolerance
Disadvantages - Virus can be disguised as mobile agent - Security bug. - Async & autonomous execution - Mobile agent are not mature technology and most agent development tools are alpha or beta version.
Life cycle of mobile agent
Application: - Parallel computing. - Data collection. - E-commerce. - Mobile computing.
Advantages of Mobile Agents
Disadvantages ● Security ● risk Virus-attack 13 Mobile-agent applications ● Information retrieval ● Monitoring Virtual market-place/ meeting room ● Shareware
Characteristics of mobile agents: The following characteristics are typical of a mobile agent and its host: