On Trust Establishment in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Abstract

We present some properties of trust establishment in mobile, ad-hoc networks and illustrate how they differ from those of trust establishment in the Internet. We motivate these differences by providing an example of ad-hoc network use in battlefield scenarios, yet equally practical examples can be found in non-military environments. We present a framework for trust establishment in mobile ad-hoc networks and argue that peer-to-peer networks are especially suitable to solve the problems of generation, distribution, and discovery of trust evidence in mobile ad-hoc networks. We evaluate our approach through simulation with NS-2.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA439702

Entities

People

  • Laurent Eschenauer

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Authentication
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Networks
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Mesh Networks
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Topology
  • Networks
  • Routing Protocols
  • Sensor Networks
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.