Architecture of the mobile ad-hoc network security (MANS) system

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

11-24-2003

Abstract

This paper investigates the architecture of the Mobile Ad-hoc Network Security (MANS), a novel system that provides security to Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs), MANET nodes operate in a decentralized "trust no peer" mode that complicates and inhibits security services, thus creating a formidable security challenge. Here the design of MANS is presented and its performance investigated. MANS is based on a "neighborhood watch" concept. This approach builds a fully decentralized scalable security policy that is Law-Governed globally using only local actions. MANS formally prescribes a Local Collaborative Group function by defining neighborhoods, their states and neighborhoodwide majority voting decisions. It utilizes these concepts in developing the security recovery policy, including specification, implementation, and enforcement MANS has been tested successfully with simulation experiments: the results presented here cover the case of an attacked but honest node as well as that of a compromised dishonest node. In both cases, it is-shown that MANS identifies the attacked and /or compromised node, requiring only a modest size neighborhood to accomplish it. Then, MANS acts to isolate the node and thus avoid or minimize any adverse impact of its compromise.

Identifier

0242552717 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems Man and Cybernetics

ISSN

08843627

First Page

3122

Last Page

3127

Volume

4

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