New and effective attacks are possible against MANETs. Countermeasures exist, however its highly distributed mode of operation results in the transfer of security responsibility to the network nodes. This often results in costly operations or impractical restrictions when new nodes have to be added to the network. One of the most important problems, however, is the mostly separated view on MANET security and MANET performance. While MANETs face strict performance constraints, highly distributed security mechanisms can overload the network with its control traffic. Within this thesis, a framework for secure and efficient communication in MANETs is presented. The framework allows the provider to stay in control of network security. It also allows the fast extension of the network with new nodes. The distributed security credentials can not only be used to secure the MANET itself but also to provide basic security mechanisms on higher layers. To estimate the suitability of this framework even for highly mobile scenarios, measurements have been done using IEEE 802.11b WLAN cards in a vehicular testbed. The results presented in this thesis show that even at high speeds enough data can be transmitted between the nodes to keep the security protocol operational and to have reasonable room for additional user data.
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New and effective attacks are possible against MANETs. Countermeasures exist, however its highly distributed mode of operation results in the transfer of security responsibility to the network nodes. This often results in costly operations or impractical restrictions when new nodes have to be added to the network. One of the most important problems, however, is the mostly separated view on MANET security and MANET performance. While MANETs face strict performance constraints, highly distributed...
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