Authors:
Pura Mihai-Lică
;
Patriciu Victor Valeriu
and
Bica Ion
Affiliation:
Military Technical Academy, Romania
Keyword(s):
Ad hoc network, Identity-based cryptography, Ns2, MIRACL.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Formal Methods
;
Information and Systems Security
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Methodologies and Technologies
;
Network Security
;
Operational Research
;
Security
;
Sensor and Mobile Ad Hoc Network Security
;
Simulation and Modeling
Abstract:
Ad hoc networks are a promising technology especially from the point of view of its aim: assuring connectivity. But communication cannot be separated from security without loosing a lot of its benefits. That is why research has to focus on security aspects of the ad hoc network too. The paper presents an implementation of a security scheme for ad hoc networks based on identity-based cryptography. This implementation was made in ns2, using MIRACL library to implement identity-based encryption. The solution focuses only on assuring confidentiality, but can be further developed to assure also authentication, integrity and non-repudiation. For the start, an ns2 implementation was developed to provide a simulation environment where different possible scenarios can be tested and the scheme can be improved according to the results, before the real implementation.