Abstract:
Wireless Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) are
becoming highly applicable in many fields. Due to MANETs
special characteristics, secure routing may be one of the most
difficult areas to deal with as opponents can add themselves to
a MANET using the existing common routing protocols. This
paper proposes a new model of routing protocol called ARANz,
which is an extension of the original Authenticated Routing for
Ad-Hoc Networks (ARAN). Later, we will demonstrate that
apart from the authentication methods adopted from ARAN,
ARANz aims to increase security, achieve robustness and solve
the single point of failure and attack problems by introducing
multiple Local Certificate Authority servers. We will reveal
that via dealing with the network as zones and using restricted
directional flooding, our new model will exhibit better
scalability and performance.
