A Destination-Initiated Mix Route Algorithm in MANET
Pooja Sharma, Smriti Babbar · International journal of advanced research in computer science and electronics engineering · 2013
Traditionally, encryption has played an important role in network security. However, it is a misconception that to secure a network, one only needs to encrypt the traffic. Encryption protects communication partners from disclosure of their secret messages but cannot prevent traffic analysis and the leakage of information about who communicates with whom. In the presence of collaborating adversaries, it becomes very easier for them to reveal communication relations that can danger anonymity. However, reliably providing anonymity is crucial in many applications. In this paper,we explore the design of a MIX- net based anonymity system in mobile ad hoc net works. We focus on hiding the source-destination relationship with respect to each connection. We survey existing MIX route determination algorithms that do not account for dynamic network topology changes, which may result in high packet loss rate and large packet latency. We then introduce adaptive algorithms to overcome this problem. First one is Closest MIX Algorithm for End-to-End Connection and another one is Destination-Initiated MIX Route (DIMR) algorithm.