Secure cluster based routing protocol incorporating the distributed PKI mechanisms

Author

Hahn, GeneBeck ; Nyang, DaeHun ; Song, JooSeok ; Lee, Jae-il ; Park, BaeHyo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Yonsei Univ., South Korea

Volume

2

fYear

2004

Firstpage

787

Abstract

In this paper, we state a method of incorporating the distributed PKI (public key infrastructure) mechanisms to the MANET (mobile ad hoc networks) routing protocol. For doing this, we assume that MANET regards the CBRP (cluster based routing protocol) as base routing protocol. By using the basic operations of CBRP and the distributed PKI mechanisms, our scheme efficiently finds a certificate chain and performs the secure routing. This means that by incorporating the distributed PKI mechanisms to the CBRP, our scheme can provide the procedure of certificate chain discovery for packet routing. Also, by signing the HELLO message, our scheme can provide the reliable exchange of authentic routing/topology information.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; mobile radio; network topology; public key cryptography; routing protocols; cluster based routing protocol; distributed PKI mechanisms; mobile ad hoc networks; public key infrastructure; topology information; Ad hoc networks; Collaboration; Computer science; Data structures; Databases; Information security; Information technology; Mobile ad hoc networks; Network topology; Routing protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 2004. MELECON 2004. Proceedings of the 12th IEEE Mediterranean

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8271-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.2004.1347049

Filename

1347049