====== Towards Authentication/Authorization framework for MANET ======

===== Introduction =====

Manet is becoming popular. There are many applications:
tactical operation - for fast establishment of military communication during the
deployment of forces in unknown and hostile terrain;
  * rescue missions - for communication in areas without adequate wireless coverage;
  * national security - for communication in times of national crisis, where the existing communication infrastructure is non-operational due to a natural disaster or a global war;
  * law enforcement - for fast establishment of communication infrastructure during law enforcement operations;
  * commercial use - for setting up communication in exhibitions, conferences, or sales presentations;
  * education - for operation of wall-free (virtual) classrooms; 
  * and sensor networks - for communication between intelligent sensors (e.g., MEMS2) mounted on mobile platforms.

==== Challenges in MANET ====
  * Routing
  * Medium access control
  * Multicasting
  * Security
 
===== MANET Security - State of the art =====
  * security issues in MANET [5]: 
    * Authentication (Group membership control...)
    * Key distribution
    * Encryption
    * Instrution detection
  
  * Security state of the art
    * Distributing CA (Zhou and Haas)
    * ID based system (Khalili, Katz, and Arbaugh)
    * Distributed Authentication (Luo et al.)
    * Thredhold cryptography
    * Novel quantum inspired mechanism.
 


===== References =====
[5] http://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CHwQFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpet.ece.iisc.ernet.in%2Fsathish%2FSecurityinAdhocNetworks.pdf&ei=vaapT-TfGKXg4QT8-PWNCQ&usg=AFQjCNFsXhb6gSANvOnDtegJAEhGRExhPw&sig2=hAnYJJkmWWnLxPCGPLBAfA

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Security http://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CFEQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fciteseerx.ist.psu.edu%2Fviewdoc%2Fdownload%3Fdoi%3D10.1.1.138.7335%26rep%3Drep1%26type%3Dpdf&ei=IaqpT4TpCKzb4QSB0PXRCQ&usg=AFQjCNHqukOervRUzN7PyjlWTaTEs9Vl_A&sig2=F-O9p1BCL1mhRYvn4UzCTg