Critical Aspects for a Secure IP Mobility Architecture in Vehicular Area Networks (VANETs)

Communication facilities for vehicles became more and more important over the last years. Most time this involves the usage of wireless technologies for communication between vehicles, between vehicles and the roadside, as well as between the vehicle and systems reachable via Wide Area Networks (WANs) such as the Internet. This paper discusses how Internet technologies can be used for supporting the communication of mobile vehicles, which risks are involved performing this mobile communication, and which security technologies can prevent against these risks.