NEW MOBILE AGENT-BASED INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS

PRANITA JAIN¹*, SANDEEP RAGHUWANSHI²*, PATERIA R.K.³*
¹Department of Computer Science & Engineering, MANIT, Bhopal, India
²Department of Computer Science & Engineering, MANIT, Bhopal, India
³Department of Computer Science & Engineering, MANIT, Bhopal, India
* Corresponding Author : r_k_pateriya@indiatimes.com

Received : -     Accepted : -     Published : 01-11-2011
Volume : 1     Issue : 1       Pages : 1 - 4
Int J Wireless Comm 1.1 (2011):1-4

Keywords : Mobile Agents, Intrusion Detection, Distributed Systems
Conflict of Interest : None declared

This paper presents various distributed intrusion detection system (IDS), based on mobile agents, that detects intrusion from outside the network segment as well as from inside. Mobile agents are intelligent agents that can migrate among hosts. They can execute tasks autonomously in dynamic environments. Besides general definitions of these IDS system architectures, it includes an overview of several Network and Agent Based Intrusion Detection systems .The system shows a superior performance compared to central sniffing IDS techniques, and saves network resources compared to other distributed IDSs. The proposed model comprises three major components: The Network Intrusion Detection Component, the Mobile Agent Platform, and distributed sensors residing on every device in the network segment.

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