The Research on AD HOC Networks Security

An Ad Hoc Network is a network that is built spontaneously as devices connect. It consists of a collection of nodes capable of communicating with each other without help from a network infrastructure. Nodes can feely join and leave the network with or without notice, this will allow Ad Hoc networks to he formed, merged together or partitioned into separate networks on the fly without the need for any form of centralized management or services. The main goal of this paper is to draw a general state of the art view of the main concepts in relation to Ad Hoc security, from network vulnerability, types of attacks to proactive and reactive security approaches.