Security and Privacy Issues in Special-Purpose Networks

In this book we study different aspects regarding
security and privacy issues related to sensor
networks, mobile ad hoc networks, vehicular ad hoc
networks and social networks. Sensor networks have a
wide variety of applications related to event
surveillance like emergency response or habitat
monitoring. Ad hoc networks are suited for use in
situations where deploying an infrastructure is not
cost effective or is not possible for any other
reason. When the nodes of an ad hoc network are small
mobile devices (cell phones or PDAs), such a network
is called mobile ad hoc network. If mobile nodes are
embedded in cars, then that network is called
vehicular ad hoc network. Social networks differ from
the special-purpose networks commented above in that
they are not physical networks. Social networks are
applications that work through classic networks. They
can be defined as a community of web users where each
user can publish and share information and services.
Open problems and different solutions providing
secure and private information transmission in each
scenario are presented.

Autorentext

Alexandre Viejo received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from
Rovira i Virgili University (Tarragona, Spain) in 2008. He got
his M.Sc. in Computer Engineering in 2005. Currently, he is a
researcher at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany).
His research interests are in cryptography and information privacy.

Klappentext

In this book we study different aspects regarding
security and privacy issues related to sensor
networks, mobile ad hoc networks, vehicular ad hoc
networks and social networks. Sensor networks have a
wide variety of applications related to event
surveillance like emergency response or habitat
monitoring. Ad hoc networks are suited for use in
situations where deploying an infrastructure is not
cost effective or is not possible for any other
reason. When the nodes of an ad hoc network are small
mobile devices (cell phones or PDAs), such a network
is called mobile ad hoc network. If mobile nodes are
embedded in cars, then that network is called
vehicular ad hoc network. Social networks differ from
the special-purpose networks commented above in that
they are not physical networks. Social networks are
applications that work through classic networks. They
can be defined as a community of web users where each
user can publish and share information and services.
Open problems and different solutions providing
secure and private information transmission in each
scenario are presented.