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Privacy-aware access control for message exchange in vehicular ad hoc networks

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Vehicular ad hoc networks are a promising and increasingly important paradigm. Their applications range from safety enhancement to mobile entertainment services. However, their deployment requires several security issues to be resolved, particularly, since they rely on insecure wireless communication. In this paper, we propose a cryptographic-based access control framework for vehicles to securely exchange messages in a controlled fashion by integrating moving object modeling techniques with cryptographic policies. To our knowledge, this is the first time a comprehensive framework for access control in VANETs is proposed.

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  1. Recall that dynamic properties, such as location, are updated periodically. If updated every 400 m, a new corresponding key is requested at most once per RSU.

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  1. Information Sciences & Technology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA

    Sushama Karumanchi & Anna Squicciarini

  2. Department of Computer Science, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, USA

    Dan Lin

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Karumanchi, S., Squicciarini, A. & Lin, D. Privacy-aware access control for message exchange in vehicular ad hoc networks. Telecommun Syst 58, 349–361 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11235-014-9881-8

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