Trust-group-based authentication services for mobile ad hoc networks
Date Issued
2005
Date
2005
Author(s)
Chang, Chih-Peng
DOI
en-US
Abstract
In recent years, mobile ad hoc networks have received more attention, because of their easy deployment. However, the characteristic of mobile ad hoc networks are more prone to physical security threats than the wired network environments. Therefore, it has become a primary concern of securing mobile ad hoc networks.
In this thesis, we address the problem of authentication in mobile ad hoc networks. Public-key based mechanisms are ideal to provide the authentication services. Although this is already mature in a fixed network, providing public key based authentication is still very challenging in mobile ad-hoc networks because of shared wireless medium, energy constrains, dynamic network topology. Here, we present a more efficient public key management system, like web-of-trust, but include the concept of trust group for mobile ad hoc networks. Finally, we evaluate our solution through the simulation.
Subjects
信任群體
身份確認
隨意網路
公開金鑰管理系統
trust group
authentication
mobile ad hoc networks
public key management system
Type
thesis