The Agent Transfer Protocol

Current

Server

Destination

Server

1. ATP request

2. ATP reply

3. ATP transfer

4. ATP acknowledgment

• ATP Request = agent identification + method spec + negotiation parameters + authentication challenge (nonce)

• ATP Reply = negotiation reply + authentication response + challenge

• ATP Transfer = authentication response + encrypted, serialized agent object

• ATP Ack = Ok/NotOk flag + exception if NotOk

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