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Distributed Certification Authority for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks - A Dynamic Approach

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Distributed Certification Authority for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks - A Dynamic Approach
A Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) is an infrastructureless network of wireless mobile nodes that cooperate among each other to maintain connectivity of the network. In comparison to wired networks, securing a MANET is more difficult and challenging. One of the effective ways of providing security in MANETs is by using Public Key Cryptography and Certificates. Certificates are issued by a trusted entity known as Certification Authority (CA). In order to provide certification service in MANETs, researchers have proposed the design of a distributed CA based on threshold cryptography. With a distributed CA, nodes obtain certification service from a coalition of threshold number of nodes in the network. In the design of distributed CA that we follow, nodes identify a coalition within their one-hop neighbors. With a distributed CA, when the number of nodes in the network reduces, number of neighbors for nodes also reduces resulting in substantial increase in the certification service delays. ...
Sanjay Raghani, Durga Toshniwal
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Type Journal
Year 2007
Where JCIT
Authors Sanjay Raghani, Durga Toshniwal
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