Secured Multi Path Routing with Trust Establishment Using Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

We propose a novel method of message security using trust-based multi-path routing. Simulation results, coupled w ith theoretical justif ication, aff irm that the proposed solution is much more secured than the traditional multi-path routing algorithms. We propose a method to securely route messages in an ad-hoc network using multi-path routing and trustworthiness of the nodes. Hence, we aim at addressing the issues underlying message confidentiality, message integrity and access control. We combine multi-path routing and trust with soft encryption technology to propose a scheme which is much more secure than traditional mult i-path algorithms. By soft encryption, we mean having encryption methods, but are more eff icient in terms of performance and require less resource.