@article{20060329115416.863165170512,
  title = "Migrating agents: Do sysadmins have a license to kill?",
  author = "Apistola, M. and Brazier, F.M.T. and Kubbe, O. and Oskamp, A. and Prins, J.E.E. and Schellekens, M.H.M. and Voulon, M.B.",
  booktitle = "Proceedings of the 3rd International SANE Conference (SANE 2002)",
  year = "2002",
  address = "Maastricht, The Netherlands",
  month = "May",
  publisher_url = "http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2002/",
  abstract = "A mobile agent is a process that can autonomously decide to move from one machine to another across the Internet. Migrating entails serialising code, data and state into an agent image, acquiring permission to move, "shipping" its image to another machine, and requesting activation on the new host. Each local network may have a specific policy with respect to the agents it is willing to accept and activate, and under which conditions. This paper is based on results of the ALIAS research project1 in which legal experts, computer scientists and AI experts aim to increase the understanding of the legal and technical implications of the use of mobile software agents A number of legal and technical issues concerning the implications of hosting mobile, possibly hostile agents are addressed."
}