Abstract

In the past decade, more and more research has been done on nearly
every aspect of vehicular networks, which are quite likely to become
popular on the world's highways. Perhaps not surprisingly, security
has become an issue. As with any network, attacks may come from a
variety of directions. Vehicular networks present unique challenges in
that the network itself is markedly atypical in terms of topology and
node mobility. In addition, unmitigated attacks carry potentially very
significant consequences. High node mobility coupled with frequent
network changes makes traditional authentication and security
mechanisms impractical in many cases. The problem becomes then the
authentication of the data content within the network given the
presence of adversaries. We identify probable attacks against
vehicle-to-vehicle message applications and propose potential
mitigation methods.


Speaker Bio

Eric John Swankoski is a third-year Ph.D. student in Dept. of Computer
Science at George Mason University. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. at
Penn State in 2002 and 2004, respectively.