Re: tesis thopic : IDS using mobile agents... What do you think about it?

[Stefano Zanero <zanero () elet polimi it>]

Armin Garcia Lopez wrote:

> I really too surprised by the words that you use to say that this isnt a
> thesis topic at this stage...

No, it really isn't.

> Plaese let me know what do you think about this papers....

They are all papers related to very different topics, results of a very
superficial search on a scientific literature search engine. Each one of
them could be a superset of a master's thesis. You need to narrow down
your topic A LOT before it becomes a suitable thesis topic.

> I DO NOT WANT TO PROVE ANYTHING TO ANYONE!!! 

Then, it is not a thesis topic :)

> to work together with them, and I want to contribute woth some work,
> research or anything to the scientific community, academic community and
> professional community that works in computer security.

If you wish to contribute, you need to set your objectives to prove, or
disprove, something very specific.

"Agent-based IDS" is not a thesis topic.

"How can I develop an Agent-based system on industrial control systems
to address these specific shortcomings of agent-systems A, B and C
already developed" is a thesis topic.

> Maybe in this time they dont have the technology, the power of
> computing, the research that today exist about this kind of themes...

Maybe you should do some more literature search on the subject ;)

> If you believe that this topic is obsolete ... Why are still running
> papers related to this in IEEE and ACM at today? 

I don't believe it's obsolete, I believe there's a lot of work already
done on the subject, so you REALLY need to be very narrow and specific
to have a subject for your thesis.

> In my country is very difficult find people who want to help me as a
> student in this topic

As a rule, I suggest students to tackle a topic which their faculty can
help with, over a fancy topic no one at their alma mater really
understands or cares about.

Best,
SZ

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