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Ad hoc networks are built on the basis of a communication without infrastructure and major investigations have focused on the routing and autoconfiguration problems. However, there is a little progress in solving the secure autoconfiguration problems in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), which has led to the proliferation of threats given the vulnerabilities of MANETs. It is clear that ad hoc networks have no centralized mechanism for defense against threats, such as a firewall, an intrusion detection system, or a proxy. Therefore, it is necessary that the defense of interests of each of the ad hoc components is the responsibility of each member node. This paper shows the most common threats to ad hoc networks and reviews several proposals that attempt to minimize some of these threats, showing their protection ability and vulnerabilities in light of the threats that might arise.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	security, mobile networks, ad hoc,
Research Division:	Information and Computing Sciences
Research Group:	Distributed computing and systems software
Research Field:	Networking and communications
Objective Division:	Information and Communication Services
Objective Group:	Communication technologies, systems and services
Objective Field:	Mobile technologies and communications
UTAS Author:	Kim, TH (Dr Tai Kim)
ID Code:	116551
Year Published:	2012
Web of Science® Times Cited:	4
Deposited By:	Information and Communication Technology
Deposited On:	2017-05-12
Last Modified:	2018-03-27
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