Bio-inspired Self-organized Public Key Authentication Mechanism for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks

Investigating the Learning Phase of an Autonomous Authentication in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks

“…In regard to multi-hop and dynamic topology characteristics in MANETs, performing authentication process by a single trusted party is not feasible. One proposed mechanism [1] is to enable each node to create their public/private key pairs and make their public key available, while keeping the private key secrete. A serious problem in most self-organizing authentication mechanism is to create a web of trust based on the observed behaviors of the individuals in the network.…”

A Bio-Inspired Autonomous Authentication Mechanism in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

“…The authentication mechanisms proposed in this thesis is based on a self-organized authentication mechanism without relying on any central authority and any predefined web of trust [53][54] The scheme allows nodes to create their own publicprivate key pair and issue certificates for neighboring nodes in the network. Certificates are locally stored on each node and are distributed by them in the network.…”

“…In this thesis we consider a mobile ad hoc environment, in which all nodes perform five main processes to authenticate the destination node in order to have a secure communication [53] [54]. Different processes are applied to obtained trustful multicertificate chain.…”