Dual Server based Security Protocol in MANET using Elliptic Curve Cryptography: A Cluster Head Selection Scenario
R. Srilakshmi · International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering · 2019
Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) is gradually emerging to be the most perspective part in the rising domain of wireless technology.However, the network security becomes more crucial since it affects the data communication between nodes and cluster head.Further, all the challenges are mostly due to the factors like lack of infrastructure, node vulnerability, and channel vulnerability.The aim of this investigation is to send the message to the respective cluster head and also to defend the transmitting message from the intruders.This paper proposes a Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) based security protocol for adopting those objectives even under varying Cluster Head environs.The proposed protocol includes two phases namely Registration phase and Authentication phase.This paper contributes a new working strategy in the authentication phase by introducing two servers: Common server and Master server.In this, the common server is for doing the computing process and the master server is for validating purpose.With the adoption of these two servers, the protocol seems to be stronger with effective authentication.Finally, the attacks-based analysis and key sensitivity analysis is performed to define the effectiveness of the communication.Further, the computational time is also analyzed along with the functionality features to prove the superiority of proposed protocol in terms of security.