Securing vehicular ad hoc networks

Issue title: Special Issue on Security of Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks

Guest editors: Peng Ning and Wenliang Du

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Raya, Maxim | Hubaux, Jean-Pierre

Affiliations: Laboratory for computer Communications and Applications (LCA), School of Computer and Communication Sciences, EPFL, Switzerland. E-mail: maxim.raya@epfl.ch, jean-pierre.hubaux@epfl.ch

Abstract: Vehicular networks are very likely to be deployed in the coming years and thus become the most relevant form of mobile ad hoc networks. In this paper, we address the security of these networks. We provide a detailed threat analysis and devise an appropriate security architecture. We also describe some major design decisions still to be made, which in some cases have more than mere technical implications. We provide a set of security protocols, we show that they protect privacy and we analyze their robustness and efficiency.

Keywords: Vehicular ad hoc networks, wireless, security

DOI: 10.3233/JCS-2007-15103

Journal: Journal of Computer Security, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 39-68, 2007