A novel solution based on mobile agent for anonymity in wireless and mobile ad hoc networks

In ad hoc networks, a collection of wireless hosts cooperates to transmit packets to each other, even if they are beyond their direct wireless transmission range. Recently, many proposed routing protocols provide routing services for ad hoc networks. In addition, significant attention has been devoted to developing secure and anonymous routing protocols against a variety of possible attacks. In such an environment, malicious nodes will jeopardize the security of wireless ad hoc networks if the issues of secure data exchange are not properly handled. In this paper, we discuss the mobile agent technique and then propose a novel solution for secure and anonymous communication based on employing a mobile agent in wireless and mobile ad hoc networks, which we refer to as ARMA. Furthermore, we present the Malicious Encryption and Malicious ID attacks, as well as other attacks, and note how our scheme is robust to them. Through the proof of protocol correctness, our protocol is analyzed to show how it offers provable security properties.