Proposed Protocol for Secured Routing in Ad Hoc Networks

A recent trend in Ad Hoc network routing is the reactive on-demand philosophy where routes are established only when required. Most of the protocols in this category are not incorporating proper security features. The ad hoc environment is accessible to both legitimate network users and malicious attackers. It has been observed that different protocols need different strategies for security. The Hashing approach has been adopted in the proposed scheme of this paper. This scheme can make most of the on demand protocols secure. The study will help in making protocols more robust against attacks and standardize parameters for security in routing protocols. The proposed scheme has been evaluated using NS2 and compared with existing scheme. The study will help in making protocol more robust against attacks and standardizing parameters for security in routing protocols.