Intrusion detection system in wireless ad-hoc networks based on mobile agent technology

Tthe aim of this paper is to address the problems associated with the current wireless ad-hoc networks, which are characterized by the lack of an infrastructure. This characteristic makes it difficult to apply generic administrative approaches to solve problems such as Intrusion Detection. Due to the dynamic changes of topology in such networks, it is difficult to determine whether the node participating in the routing domain is Byzantine or indeed an authenticated node. The paper will discuss also how mobile agent technology can be used to perform the authentication mechanism, and hence improve the utilization of the network bandwidth and provide an efficient profile management in mobile ad-hoc networks.