TITLE:
Security: A Core Issue in Mobile Ad hoc Networks
AUTHORS:
Asif Shabbir, Fayyaz Khalid, Syed Muqsit Shaheed, Jalil Abbas, M. Zia-Ul-Haq
KEYWORDS:
Mobile Devices, Optimal Choice, MANET Security, Wireless Network, Taxonomy, Intrusion Detection, Network Security Threats, Layer Wise Network, Vulnerabilities of Wireless, Security Criteria
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Computer and Communications,
Vol.3 No.12,
December
9,
2015
ABSTRACT: Computation is spanning from PC to Mobile
devices. The Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) are optimal choice to accommodate
this growing trend but there is a problem, security is the core issue. MANETs
rely on wireless links for communication. Wireless networks are considered more
exposed to security attacks as compared to wired networks, especially; MANETs
are the soft target due to vulnerable in nature. Lack of infrastructure, open
peer to peer connectivity, shared wireless medium, dynamic topology and
scalability are the key characteristics of MANETs which make them ideal for
security attacks. In this paper, we shall discuss in detail, what does security
mean, why MANETs are more susceptible to security attacks than wired networks,
taxonomy of network attacks and layer wise analysis of network attacks.
Finally, we shall propose solutions to meet the security challenges, according
to our framed security criteria.