Security in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

An ad hoc network is a collection of wireless nodes that dynamically form a temporary network and operates without the use of existing network infrastructure. In the near future, many personal electronic devices will be able to communicate with each other over a short-range wireless channel. We investigate the principal security issues for such an environment. The traditional way of protecting networks with firewalls and encryption software is no longer sufficient and effective. We need to search for new architecture and mechanisms to protect the wireless networks and mobile computing application. List of alternative protocols/algorithms/implementations/laws you are planning to compare: 1. Security in various Ad Hoc Protocols. • Dynamic Destination Multicast protocol (DDM) • Optimized Link State Routing protocol (OSLR) • On-Demand Multicast Routing Protocol (ODMRP) • Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance-Vector routing protocol (AODV) • Topology Broadcast based on Reverse-Path Forwarding (TBRPF) 2. Techniques to key agreement • Password based Authenticated Key Exchange • Password authenticated Deffie-Hellman Key Exchange 3. Basic properties of trust and their role for security: • Distributed trust model • Password-based Key Agreement • Resurrecting Duckling Security Policy • Distributed Public-Key Management 4. Intrusion Detection techniques in Ad-hoc networks Description of problems/hypothesis we are planning to investigate: 1. Attacks and possible solutions to secure routing • Internal attacks • External attacks 2. Security requirements of ad-hoc networks • Availability. • Confidentiality • Integrity • Non-repudiation 3. Security issues in routing protocols for Ad-hoc networks 4. Security issues in Key Management 5. Issues in designing Intrusion Detection for Ad-hoc networks