METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC APPLICATION LAYER GATEWAYS
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1. A method for providing functionality on a network, the network comprising nodes, the method comprising:
- an agent moving from a first device to a target device; and
at the target device, the agent performing application layer gateway functionality,wherein a proactive environment on the target device checks an access control list of the agent to determine resources at the target device the agent can access.
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Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for providing functionality on a network. A mobile agent moves from a first node to a target node and, at the target node, performs as an application layer gateway.
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1. A method for providing functionality on a network, the network comprising nodes, the method comprising:
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an agent moving from a first device to a target device; and at the target device, the agent performing application layer gateway functionality, wherein a proactive environment on the target device checks an access control list of the agent to determine resources at the target device the agent can access. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 20, 21, 22)
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8. A network comprising:
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a plurality of nodes; a plurality of links connecting the nodes; and a mobile agent residing on a node of the network, where the mobile agent is able to function as an application layer gateway by interacting with a proactive environment in the node on which it is residing after the proactive environment checks an access control list of the mobile agent and determines that the mobile agent has permission to access a service in the proactive environment. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing functionality on a network, the network comprising nodes, the method comprising:
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an agent moving from a first device to a target device; and at the target device, the agent accessing resources at the target device after a proactive environment on the target device checks an access control list of the agent and determines that the agent has permission to access the resources, accepting the data stream from the source, performing a function on the data stream, and passing the data stream to one of a set of client devices. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A set of instructions residing in a storage medium, said set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor to implement a method for providing functionality on a network, the method comprising:
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an agent moving from a first device to a target device; and the agent performing application layer gateway functionality at the target device by accessing resources at the target device via a proactive environment after the proactive environment checks an access control list of the agent and determines that the agent has permission to access the resources.
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