TY - CONF T1 - Bootstrapping security associations for routing in mobile ad-hoc networks T2 - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, 2003. GLOBECOM '03 Y1 - 2003 A1 - Bobba,R. B A1 - Eschenauer,L. A1 - Gligor,V. A1 - Arbaugh, William A. KW - ad hoc networks KW - bootstrapping security association KW - Cryptographic protocols KW - dynamic source routing protocol KW - Fabrics KW - Intelligent networks KW - IP address KW - IP key KW - IP networks KW - Message authentication KW - mobile ad-hoc network KW - mobile radio KW - Protection KW - Public key KW - public key cryptography KW - routing layer security reliability KW - routing protocols KW - secure routing KW - Security KW - security service KW - statistically unique cryptographically verification KW - telecommunication security AB - To date, most solutions proposed for secure routing in mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs), assume that secure associations between pairs of nodes can be established on-line; e.g., by a trusted third party, by distributed trust establishment. However, establishing such security associations, with or without trusted third parties, requires reliance on routing layer security. In this paper, we eliminate this apparent cyclic dependency between security services and secure routing in MANETs and show how to bootstrap security for the routing layer. We use the notion of statistically unique and cryptographically verifiable (SUCV) identifiers to implement a secure binding between IP addresses and keys that is independent of any trusted security service. We illustrate our solution with the dynamic source routing (DSR) protocol and compare it with other solutions for secure routing. JA - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, 2003. GLOBECOM '03 PB - IEEE VL - 3 SN - 0-7803-7974-8 M3 - 10.1109/GLOCOM.2003.1258490 ER -