Intrusion detection using mobile agent in ad-hoc networks

Security has become an important issue for mobile ad hoc networks especially for the more security-sensitive applications used in military and critical networks. As a positive protection, intrusion detection system has been successfully applied in wired networks. However, these correlative researches are not fit for mobile ad hoc networks. This paper puts forward a novel architecture based on mobile agent platform for superior intrusion detection in mobile ad hoc networks. Furthermore, an IDS agent selection algorithm and its security communication mechanism are proposed.