Privacy in Mobile Agent Systems: Untraceability

Agent based Internet environments are an interesting alternative to existing approaches of building software systems. The enabling feature of agents is that they allow software development based on the abstraction (a "metaphor") of elements of the real world. In other words, they allow building software systems, which work as human societies, in which members share products and services, cooperate or compete with each other. Organisational, behavioural and functional models etc applied into the systems can be copied from the real world. The growing interest in agent technologies in the European Union was expressed through the foundation of the Coordination Action for Agent-Based Computing, funded under the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The action, called AgentLink III is run by the Information Society Technologies (IST) programme. The long-term goal of AgentLink is to put Europe at the leading edge of international competitiveness in this increasingly important area. According to AgentLink "Roadmap for Agent Based Computing"; agent-based systems are perceived as "one of the most vibrant and important areas of research and development to have emerged in information technology in recent years, underpinning many aspects of broader information society technologies"; However, with the emergence of the new paradigm, came also new challenges. One of them is that agent environments, especially those which allow for mobility of agents, are much more difficult to protect from intruders than conventional systems. Agent environments still lack sufficient and effective solutions to assure their security. The problem which till now has not been addressed sufficiently in agent-based systems is privacy, and particularly the anonymity of agent users. Although anonymity was studied extensively for traditional message-based communication for which during the past twenty five years various techniques have been proposed, for agent systems this problem has never been directly addressed. The research presented in this report aimed at filling this gap. This report summarises results of studies aiming at the identification of threats to privacy in agent-based systems and the methods of their protection.JRC.G.6-Sensors, radar technologies and cybersecurit

Recepcja Kartezjusza w Hiszpanii ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem stanowiska José Ortegi y Gasseta

The purpose of this paper is to present the reception of Descartes in Spain. The text is divided into three parts. In the first part I present the early reception of Descartes in Spain, which took place at the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and is associated with the activities of such figures as José Zaragoza, Vicente Tosca or Bautista Corachán. The second part presents the nineteenth-century study of Cartesian philosophy, which is associated with the reception of Descartes in the Spanish Neo-Kantianism and Generation of 1898. In the third part I show the twentieth-century reception of Descartes, associated with the figure and activity of José Ortega y Gasset.Celem niniejszego artykułu jest prezentacja recepcji myśli Kartezjusza w Hiszpanii. Praca dzieli się na trzy części. W części pierwszej przedstawiam wczesne hiszpańskie recepcje Kartezjusza, które miały miejsce na przełomie XVII i XVIII wieku i związane są z działalnością takich postaci jak: José Zaragoza, Vincente Tosca czy Bautista Corachán. W części drugiej prezentuje XIX- wieczne studia nad filozofią kartezjańską, które dotyczą recepcji Kartezjusza w hiszpańskim neokantyzmie i w Pokoleniu 1898. W części trzeciej natomiast ukazuję XX-wieczne recepcje filozofii francuskiego myśliciela, w obszarze których szczególną rolę odegrały badania José Ortegi y Gasseta

Malware Templates for MAlSim

This report describes the methodology of malware templates for MAlSim - Mobile Agent Malware Simulator, a mobile agent framework which aims at simulation of diverse malicious software in computer network of an arbitrary information system. Malware template is a pattern (a 'guide') for implementation of MAlSim agent aiming at simulation of a concrete malware. It indicates the selection and configuration of Java classes (MAlSim agent, one or more behavioural patterns and one or more migration/replication patterns) selected from MAlSim Toolkit.JRC.G.6-Sensors, radar technologies and cybersecurit

MAlSim Deployment

This report describes the deployment issues related to MAlSim - Mobile Agent Malware Simulator - a mobile agent framework which aims at simulation of malware - malicious software that run on a computer and make the system behaving in a way wanted by an attacker. MAlSim was introduced in our previous report where we described its composition and functions, and provided the details of the simulation environment in which MAlSim is deployed and the auxiliary parts which support the experiments performed with MAlSim. In this report we are providing more technical details related to the installation and use of the framework.JRC.G.6-Sensors, radar technologies and cybersecurit

Gdy rozum śpi, budzą się demony. Rzecz o hiszpańskim Oświeceniu

The purpose of this article is to present the most important features of the Enlightenment in Spain. I start by presenting the discussions that took place on the subject of the Enlightenment among Spanish thinkers. Then, I deal with the problem of the first definition of the Enlightenment, which appeared in 1726 in the Dictionary of the Castilian Language. I also present the chronological framework of this age in Spain as well as the main stages of its development in the form of the Pre-Enlightenment, First Enlightenment, Mature Enlightenment and the Crisis of the Enlightenment.Celem niniejszego artykułu jest przedstawienie najważniejszych cech Oświecenia w Hiszpanii. Rozpoczynam od dyskusji, jakie toczyły się na temat tej epoki wśród hiszpańskich myślicieli. Następnie podejmuję problem pierwszej definicji Oświecenia, jaka pojawiła się w 1726 roku w Słowniku Języka Kastylijskiego. Przedstawiam także ramy chronologiczne tej epoki w Hiszpanii, a także główne etapy jej rozwoju w postaci Preoświecenia, pierwszego Oświecenia, pełni Oświecenia i kryzysu Oświecenia

La vida como una posibilidad limitada. El problema de la libertad en José Ortega y Gasset

En este artículo deseo abordar el problema de la libertad en el ámbito de la filosofía de José Ortega y Gasset. Debemos señalar que la interpretación del problema de la libertad en Ortega es una de las muchas ejemplificaciones de su proyecto de liberación del realismo y el idealismo, el racionalismo y el vitalismo, el determinismo y el indeterminismo y otros “ismos” que tienen carácter excluyente, y por eso abstracto e hipotético, y constituir en su lugar una nueva filosofía, una filosofía “sobrepartidista”, real e integradora, es decir, que estuviera libre de la elección dogmática de cualquiera de las partes. En este sentido, este problema está estrechamente vinculado con toda su filosofía, que él mismo definía como filosofía raciovital o filosofía de la razón vital e histórica

Interpretación de Ortega y Gasset de la filosofía de Kant: del idealismo marburgués a la ontología crítica

El objetivo del presente artículo consiste en presentar la evolución de los estudios orteguianos relativos a la filosofía de Immanuel Kant. El filósofo madrileño recorrió en ellos un camino desde el idealismo lógico, específico de la escuela de Marburgo, hasta el enfoque metafísico y ontológico presentado por los alumnos de los maestros neokantianos, tales como Nicolai Hartmann, Heinz Heimsoeth, Karl Jaspers y Martín Heidegger. Estos filósofos hicieron de la filosofía de Kant su punto de partida, puesto que en ella radicaban las cuestiones metafísicas y ontológicas olvidadas y omitidas por los representandes de las escuelas neokantianas. TITLE: Interpretation of Kant’s philosophy by Ort ega y Gasset: from marburguian idealism to the critical ontologyABSTRACT: The purpose of this article is to present the evolution of Orteguian studies on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. The spanish philosopher went from the logical idealism of the Marburg School to the metaphysical and ontological interpretations presented by the students of neo-Kantian masters such as Nicolai Hartmann, Heinz Heimsoeth, Karl Jaspers y Martín Heidegger. Those philosophers made the starting point of their reflection the philosophy of Kant because they found there metaphysical and ontological problems which were forgotten and omitted by the representatives of Neo-Kantian schools.

EE-ISAC – Practical cybersecurity solution for the energy sector

A recent survey of cybersecurity assessment methods proposed by the scientific community revealed that their practical adoption constitutes a great challenge. Further research that aimed at identifying the reasons for that situation demonstrated that several factors influence the applicability, including the documentation level of detail, the availability of supporting tools, and the continuity of support. This paper presents the European Energy Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (EE-ISAC)—a cybersecurity platform for the energy sector that has been adopted by multiple organisations. The platform facilitates sharing information about cybersecurity incidents, countermeasures, and assessment results. Prospectively, it is envisaged to be integrated with the threat intelligence platform that enables real-time situational awareness. By considering both fault and attack scenarios together, threat awareness can be mapped onto operational contexts to prioritise decisions and responses. This paper analyses EE-ISAC’s approach based on the conceptual applicability framework developed during the research, to improve the applicability and usefulness of this platform for energy sector participants and to identify areas that require further development

Polskie badania nad filozofią brytyjskiego empiryzmu (lata 1760–1918) cz. I.

Polish studies on the philosophy of British empiricism had various courses. Polish studies on Leibniz, Spinoza or Kant were quite advanced, but we know but little about the research on British empiricism. The achievements of the attempts of early reception are rather vestigial. The first part of the article presents early Polish studies into the philosophy of Locke, Hume and Berkeley.Polskie badania nad filozofią brytyjskiego empiryzmu obierały różne drogi. Polskie badania nad Leibnizem, Spinozą lub Kantem były dość zaawansowane, ale niewiele wiemy na temat badań dotyczących brytyjskiego empiryzmu. Informacje na temat jego wczesnej recepcji są dość szczątkowe. Pierwsza część tego artykułu przedstawia stan wczesnych polskich badań dotyczących Locke'a, Hume’a i Berkeley’a

Polskie badania nad filozofią brytyjskiego empiryzmu (lata 1760–1918), cz. II

Polish studies on the philosophy of British empiricism had various courses. Polish studies on Leibniz, Spinoza or Kant were quite advanced, but we know but little about the research on British empiricism. The achievements of the attempts of reconstructing the early reception are rather vestigial. The second part of the article presents early Polish studies into the philosophy of Bacon, Newton, Hobbes and Burke.Polskie badania nad filozofią brytyjskiego empiryzmu rozwijały się z różnym natężeniem. Chociaż studia nad Leibnizem, Spinozą czy Kantem bywały dość zaawansowane, mało nam wiadomo na temat badań nad Brytyjskim empiryzmem. Próby rekonstrukcji jego wczesnej recepcji są dość szczątkowe. Druga część artykułu przedstawia wczesne polskie badania nad filozofią Bacona, Newtona, Hobbesa i Burke’a