<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Security in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) has been an actively researched topic for the several years. As opposed to wired networks, MANETs have dynamic topology, limited resources, limited bandwidth and are usually deployed in emergency scenarios outside, where landscape plays important role. MANETs are susceptible to insider and outsider attacks and bring new security challenges which were not present in the wired networks. The most important difference is that every node in MANET acts as a router and routes traffic throughout the network. Compromising one node can hugely affect network performance. In this paper, we present our security architecture for MANETs which secures important aspects of the network. We bring trust model into the network and nodes are secured by different mechanisms tailored specifically for the use in distributed environment. We use Omnet++for network simulations. Simulations use delays measured on the real hardware and we analyze performance of the network during different data plane and control plane loads</p></abstract>

Security in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) has been an actively researched topic for the several years. As opposed to wired networks, MANETs have dynamic topology, limited resources, limited bandwidth and are usually deployed in emergency scenarios outside, where landscape plays important role. MANETs are susceptible to insider and outsider attacks and bring new security challenges which were not present in the wired networks. The most important difference is that every node in MANET acts as a router and routes traffic throughout the network. Compromising one node can hugely affect network performance. In this paper, we present our security architecture for MANETs which secures important aspects of the network. We bring trust model into the network and nodes are secured by different mechanisms tailored specifically for the use in distributed environment. We use Omnet++for network simulations. Simulations use delays measured on the real hardware and we analyze performance of the network during different data plane and control plane loads

Security architecture for the mobile ad hoc networks

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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Security in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) has been an actively researched topic for the several years. As opposed to wired networks, MANETs have dynamic...

Security architecture for the mobile ad hoc networks

Published Online: Jul 28, 2018

Page range: 198 - 204

Received: Mar 22, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2018-0026

Keywords
AES, attribute authority, architecture, firewall, MANET, PKI, RSA, security

© 2018 Jozef Filipek, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Security architecture for the mobile ad hoc networks

Published Online: Jul 28, 2018

Page range: 198 - 204

Received: Mar 22, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2018-0026

KeywordsAES, attribute authority, architecture, firewall, MANET, PKI, RSA, security

© 2018 Jozef Filipek, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
AES, attribute authority, architecture, firewall, MANET, PKI, RSA, security