Secure Address Auto-con.guration for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

  • Authors:
  • Pan Wang;Douglas S. Reeves;Peng Ning

  • Affiliations:
  • N. C. State University, Raleigh;N. C. State University, Raleigh;N. C. State University, Raleigh

  • Venue:
  • MOBIQUITOUS '05 Proceedings of the The Second Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Auto-configuration provides convenience in implementing a mobile ad hoc network. However, it may sacrifice network security if there is not a reliable authentication mechanism, e.g., an attacker may spoof other nodes and hijack their traffic. In this paper, we propose a secure address auto-configuration scheme for MANET. It binds each IP address with a public key, allows a node to self-authenticate itself, and thus thwarts address spoofing and other attacks associated with auto-con?guration.