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Current Internet search tools, e.g., Yahoo! and AltaVista, are relatively simple. Their reliance on indexed files containing keyword-to-IP-address mappings limits them to handling low-level keyword queries. Future Internet search tools will be much more sophisticated (see, e.g., Arens et al., 1993; Iuaba et al., 1995; Liu and Pu, 1997). They will employ metadata repositories to support content-based querying and distributed, persistent agents performing a variety of functions, including data gathering, metadata extraction, data mining and information fusion. Users could create swarms of persistent search agents that would range the Internet in response to sophisticated queries, keeping them informed about updates and terminating only on explicit user directives. Clearly, such search engines will pose serious threats to security and privacy.
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Lorenz, G., Dangi, S., Jones, D., Carpenter, P., Shenoi, S. (1998). Implementing advanced internet search engines. In: Lin, T.Y., Qian, S. (eds) Database Security XI. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35285-5_24
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