RSA and Elliptic Curve- ElGamal Threshold Cryptography (ECCEG-TC) Implementations for Secure Data Forwarding in MANETs

A Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) consists of multiple wireless mobile devices that form a network on the fly to allow communication with each other without any infrastructure. Due to its nature, providing security in these networks is challenging. Threshold Cryptography (TC) provides a promise of securing these networks. In this paper, we discuss our RSA-based Threshold Cryptography (RSA-TC) and ECC El Gamal Threshold Cryptography (ECCEG-TC) implementation. Through our implementation, we have put explored possibility of using RSA-TC and ECCEG-TC in MANETs. Finally, we compare RSA-TC and ECCEG-TC results and suggest why RSA-TC is unsuitable while ECCEGTC is suitable for MANETs. Keywords—Threshold Cryptography, ECCEG-TC, RSA-TC

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