Securing ad hoc networks.

Ad hoc networks are a new wireless networking paradigm for mobile hosts. Unlike traditional mobile wireless networks, ad hoc networks do not rely on any fixed infrastructure. Instead, hosts rely on each other to keep the network connected. Military tactical and other security-sensitive operations ar...

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Published in:	IEEE Network : the magazine of global information exchange 13, 6 (1999).
Main Author:	Lidong Zhou
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Ad hoc network security. Cryptographic schemes. Denial-of-service attacks. Key management service. Military tactical operations. Mobile hosts. Mobile wireless networks. Network design. Network redundancy. Networking environment. Public key infrastructure. Replication. Secure routing. Security attacks. Security-sensitive operations. Threshold cryptography. Wireless networking paradigm.