VANET: Attacks and Privacy Preserving Protocols

Abstract: Now days, it is seen that VANET are widely spread in the world of vehicular transportation. It is different from the other networks because of its features and working. Main function of Vehicular Ad-hoc Network is to provide safety, increases driving experiences, and good management of the traffic. Further, VANET focuses on private data transferring from one vehicle to other with threat less data management. In this paper, we will discuss about the various features of VANET’s with possible attacks, and security requirements in VANET. Moreover, some of the privacy preserving protocols are also describe with their advantages and disadvantages.

Keywords: Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET), Trusted authorities (TA), Security, Privacy, Message Authentication Code (MAC)