An analysis of authentication models for MANETs

This paper provides a guideline for selecting an authentication model for a particular MANET´s application. Authentication is one of the most important security issues in MANETs. In this paper, we survey and analyze existing authentication models for designing global decision process (i.e. this process can help you decide which authentication models to be considered for your application). Since a secret key can be compromised, we suggest using authentication models that is based on asymmetric encryptions only. The suggested model depends on the nature of networks, the desirable trusted properties and the requirement for performance and security.