ajanta.agent
Class SecureAgent

java.lang.Object
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  +--ajanta.agent.Agent
        |
        +--ajanta.agent.SecureAgent

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.rmi.Remote, SecureServices, java.io.Serializable

public abstract class SecureAgent

extends Agent

implements java.io.Serializable, SecureServices

The SecureAgent class is the secure mobile agent. It provides facilites for secure communication between agents and agents/agent-servers. If the user's don't want to use any secure communication for remote method invocation, etc, then they can extend the base Agent class, rather than extending the SecureAgent class.

See Also:

Credentials, AgentStatus, Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected ajanta.util.InterAgentTicketing

iatkt

Fields inherited from class ajanta.agent.Agent

creatorSignature, cred, host, myRef, name, ownerSignature, status

Constructor Summary

SecureAgent(ajanta.agent.Credentials cred, ajanta.server.AgentEnv host, java.security.cert.X509Certificate userCert, java.lang.String policyFile)

SecureAgent(ajanta.agent.Credentials cred, java.security.cert.X509Certificate userCert, java.lang.String policyFile)
It assigns host, ownerSignature and creatorSignature as null.

Method Summary

ajanta.util.AgentTicket	authenticateAgent(ajanta.util.AgentTicket at)
ajanta.util.AgentTicket	authenticateAgentServer(ajanta.util.AgentServerTicket agentServerTicket)
static java.util.Hashtable	constructPolicyModule(java.lang.String policyFile)
void	createInterAgentTicketing()
protected ajanta.util.Tuple	getIncomingTuple(ajanta.util.AgentTicket at)
protected ajanta.util.Tuple	getIncomingTuple(ajanta.util.CompleteTicket ct)
protected boolean	hasPermission(ajanta.util.MethodSignature msig, ajanta.util.Tuple incomingTuple)
boolean	needAuthentication(java.lang.String methodName)
protected java.lang.String	sanitizeX500Name(java.lang.String x500Name)
boolean	saySecureHello(java.lang.String string, ajanta.util.CompleteTicket ct)

Methods inherited from class ajanta.agent.Agent

agentEntry, agentExit, arrive, colocate, colocate, depart, meet, recallCommand, run, signCreator, signOwner, start

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

iatkt

protected ajanta.util.InterAgentTicketing iatkt

Constructor Detail

SecureAgent

public SecureAgent(ajanta.agent.Credentials cred,
                   java.security.cert.X509Certificate userCert,
                   java.lang.String policyFile)

It assigns host, ownerSignature and creatorSignature as null. cred is assigned to the Credentials passed as argument.

SecureAgent

public SecureAgent(ajanta.agent.Credentials cred,
                   ajanta.server.AgentEnv host,
                   java.security.cert.X509Certificate userCert,
                   java.lang.String policyFile)

Method Detail

authenticateAgent

public ajanta.util.AgentTicket authenticateAgent(ajanta.util.AgentTicket at)
                                          throws java.rmi.RemoteException

java.rmi.RemoteException

authenticateAgentServer

public ajanta.util.AgentTicket authenticateAgentServer(ajanta.util.AgentServerTicket agentServerTicket)

needAuthentication

public boolean needAuthentication(java.lang.String methodName)

saySecureHello

public boolean saySecureHello(java.lang.String string,
                              ajanta.util.CompleteTicket ct)

createInterAgentTicketing

public void createInterAgentTicketing()

hasPermission

protected boolean hasPermission(ajanta.util.MethodSignature msig,
                                ajanta.util.Tuple incomingTuple)

constructPolicyModule

public static java.util.Hashtable constructPolicyModule(java.lang.String policyFile)

sanitizeX500Name

protected java.lang.String sanitizeX500Name(java.lang.String x500Name)

getIncomingTuple

protected ajanta.util.Tuple getIncomingTuple(ajanta.util.AgentTicket at)

getIncomingTuple

protected ajanta.util.Tuple getIncomingTuple(ajanta.util.CompleteTicket ct)
                                      throws java.rmi.RemoteException

java.rmi.RemoteException