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Securing Manets With Bitsi: Danger Theory And Mission Continuity, Marco Carvalho, Richard A. Ford, William H. Allen, Gerald A. Marin

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications

MANET (Mobile Ad hoc Network) environments are becoming increasingly important as potential users recognize the benefits of being able to create a functional network using little or no fixed infrastructure. Unfortunately, the very properties that provide such flexibility also cause significant complications in terms of security. The collaborative nature of the system combined with its continual state of flux requires solutions that are highly dynamic, and that can adapt to massive changes in system resources, traffic patterns and network topology. In this paper, we outline a new approach to MANET security called BITSI (the Biologically-Inspired Tactical Security Infrastructure). BITSI is …