2nd International ICST Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services

Research Article

Secure address auto-configuration for mobile ad hoc networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/MOBIQUITOUS.2005.52,
        author={P.  Wang and  D.S. Reeves and P.  Ning},
        title={Secure address auto-configuration for mobile ad hoc networks},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={MOBIQUITOUS},
        year={2005},
        month={11},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/MOBIQUITOUS.2005.52}
    }
    
  • P. Wang
    D.S. Reeves
    P. Ning
    Year: 2005
    Secure address auto-configuration for mobile ad hoc networks
    MOBIQUITOUS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/MOBIQUITOUS.2005.52
P. Wang1, D.S. Reeves1, P. Ning1
  • 1: Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. & Comput. Eng., N. C. State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA

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-configuration.