3rd International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks

Research Article

Efficient Mechanisms to Provide Convoy Member and Vehicle Sequence Authentication in VANETs

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550363,
        author={Ahren Studer and Mark Lurk and Adrian Perrig},
        title={Efficient Mechanisms to Provide Convoy Member and Vehicle Sequence Authentication in VANETs},
        proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={SECURECOMM},
        year={2008},
        month={6},
        keywords={Authentication  Automotive engineering  Manufacturing  Personal communication networks  Road accidents  Road safety  Road vehicles  Security  Vehicle driving  Vehicle safety},
        doi={10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550363}
    }
    
  • Ahren Studer
    Mark Lurk
    Adrian Perrig
    Year: 2008
    Efficient Mechanisms to Provide Convoy Member and Vehicle Sequence Authentication in VANETs
    SECURECOMM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550363
Ahren Studer1,*, Mark Lurk1,*, Adrian Perrig1,*
  • 1: Electrical and Computer Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
*Contact email: astuder@ece.cmu.edu, mluk@ece.cmu.edu, adrian@ece.cmu.edu

Abstract

Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) are on the verge of deployment. In the near future, wireless vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication will enable numerous safety, convenience, and business applications. Security is a necessary pre-requisite for adoption of these technologies. As we demonstrate in this paper, VANETs require two new security properties: Convoy Member Authentication (CMA) and Vehicle Sequence Authentication (VSA). These security properties detect a range of VANET attacks. We propose novel protocols that provide CMA and VSA. We analyze and evaluate our protocols and conclude that they represent an important step towards enhancing VANET security.