Title: Privacy protection on Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks

Authors: Ren-Junn Hwang, Yu-Kai Hsiao, Cheng-Yang Hwang

Addresses: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamshui 251, Taiwan. ' Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamshui 251, Taiwan. ' Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamshui 251, Taiwan

Abstract: Vehicular Ad hoc NETwork (VANET) provides traffic safety and efficient traffic management by taking advantage of messages that are quickly interchanged among vehicles and some infrastructures. The integrity and non-repudiation of messages and vehicle privacy in VANET are quite critical. Pseudonym technology is a practical strategy to ensure these three properties. However, the functionalities and performance of previous related works cannot satisfy the requirements of VANET. This paper proposes a secure message-broadcasting method based on Identity-Based Encryption (IBE) in VANET. This work protects driver/vehicle privacy and track. The method also provides authentication, integrity, non-repudiation, confidentiality, forward secrecy, anonymity, untraceability and responsibility to satisfy the security requirements of VANET communication.

Keywords: VANETs; vehicular ad hoc networks; privacy protection; network security; secure message broadcasting; identity based encryption; security; vehicle privacy; driver privacy; vehicle communications.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2011.040774

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2011 Vol.7 No.4, pp.261 - 271

Published online: 23 Jun 2011 *

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