Bootstrapping security associations for routing in mobile ad-hoc networks
| Title | Bootstrapping security associations for routing in mobile ad-hoc networks |
| Publication Type | Conference Papers |
| Year of Publication | 2003 |
| Authors | Bobba RB, Eschenauer L, Gligor V, Arbaugh WA |
| Conference Name | IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, 2003. GLOBECOM '03 |
| Date Published | 2003/12/01/5 |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| ISBN Number | 0-7803-7974-8 |
| Keywords | ad hoc networks, bootstrapping security association, Cryptographic protocols, dynamic source routing protocol, Fabrics, Intelligent networks, IP address, IP key, IP networks, Message authentication, mobile ad-hoc network, mobile radio, Protection, Public key, public key cryptography, routing layer security reliability, routing protocols, secure routing, Security, security service, statistically unique cryptographically verification, telecommunication security |
| Abstract | To date, most solutions proposed for secure routing in mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs), assume that secure associations between pairs of nodes can be established on-line; e.g., by a trusted third party, by distributed trust establishment. However, establishing such security associations, with or without trusted third parties, requires reliance on routing layer security. In this paper, we eliminate this apparent cyclic dependency between security services and secure routing in MANETs and show how to bootstrap security for the routing layer. We use the notion of statistically unique and cryptographically verifiable (SUCV) identifiers to implement a secure binding between IP addresses and keys that is independent of any trusted security service. We illustrate our solution with the dynamic source routing (DSR) protocol and compare it with other solutions for secure routing. |
| DOI | 10.1109/GLOCOM.2003.1258490 |