Security Architecture for Mobile Agent-based Shari’ah Compliant e-Auction Marketplace

Nowadays, auction marketplace are conducted online and executed via electronic channels. Taking one step further, online auction e-marketplace adopted software agent technology in the bidding process. A mobile agent-based e-auction marketplace must fit the concept of halal trade and following Shari’ah law in order to fulfill muslim community needs and must offer secure and trustworthy trading environment. Nevertheless, mobile agent raises issues concerning the protection of platform/host and malicious attacks from a variety of intervening that might alter the information its carries. This paper investigate the requirement of trusted and secure online auction in line with Shari’ah transaction rules using the mobile agent technology by proposing a security architecture for mobile-agent based e-auction marketplace. This paper also investigates possible online auction frauds that can affect bidding process and focused on bid shielding and shill bidding. At the end of this the paper, security architecture for mobile agent-based e-auction marketplace in Shari’ah compliant environment is presented.