Abstract

In this report, we present an overview in the security of the mobile agents and platforms. The recent necessity of mobile agents grow up with the global intercommunication. Mobiles phones, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), e-Readers and the apparition of thousands of small devices which are introducing in the social life make that the mobile agent parading and their security get turn in an important case of study. During this report, we will build an overview of the mobile agent story, security research and an analysis about advantages and disadvantages of methods used nowadays.