Security Architecture for MANET and Its Application in M-Governance

Mobile ad hoc networks offer quick and easy deployment of network in situations where it is not possible otherwise. MANET offer unique benefits and versatility if the environment and application is appropriate and m-governance is one such application. MANET can be the best option for m-Governance services where there is no predefined infrastructure. Due to this reason MANETS can be easily adapted to m-Governance. Because of their ad hoc nature MANETS are vulnerable to security attacks. Most of the research in MANETS has focused on routing issues and security has been given a low priority. The layered architecture draws huge support with its success in case of Internet. The Cross Layer Design Architecture is becoming more popular with its performance improvements. In this paper, security architecture is proposed for Cross Layer Design Architecture of MANET. This paper analyzes the security mechanism in m-Governance applications in scope of proposed security architecture.