Enforcing service availability in mobile ad-hoc WANs
Levente Buttyán, Jean‐Pierre Hubaux · 2000
Abstract — In this paper, we address the problem of service availability in mobile ad-hoc WANs. We present a secure mechanism to stimulate end users to keep their devices turned on, to refrain from overloading the network, and to thwart tampering aimed at converting the device into a “selfish ” one. Our solution is based on the application of a tamper resistant security module in each device and cryptographic protection of messages. A. The context I.