Security Issues in a Mobile Computing Paradigm

In this paper, we discuss operational and security issues arising from the use of mobile components in distributed systems. We argue that mobile agents can be used to overcome intrinsic problems of wireless networking. We define the operational model of our mobile computing environment, where we plan to demonstrate our proposed solutions. We also discuss security problems and mechanisms that can be applied to each one of the three main components of our mobile computing model, which is intended to be implemented in a health care paradigm, where special conditions and emergency needs are imposing the use of services supported with mobile computing.

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