Open AccessDiscoverFriends: secure social network communication in mobile ad hoc networks
Author(s) -
Joy Joshua,
Chung Eric,
Yuan Zengwen,
Li Jiayao,
Zou Leqi,
Gerla Mario
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
wireless communications and mobile computing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1530-8677
pISSN - 1530-8669
DOI - 10.1002/wcm.2708
Subject(s) - computer science , computer network , computer security , wireless ad hoc network , mobile ad hoc network , android (operating system) , encryption , bloom filter , key management , secure communication , cryptography , public key cryptography , secret sharing , wireless , telecommunications , operating system , network packet
This paper presents a secure communication application called DiscoverFriends. Its purpose is to securely communicate to a group of online friends while bypassing their respective social networking servers under a mobile ad hoc network environment. DiscoverFriends leverages Bloom filters and a hybrid encryption technique with a self‐organized public‐key management scheme to securely identify friends and provide authentication. Additionally, DiscoverFriends enables anonymous location check‐ins by utilizing a new cryptographic primitive called function secret sharing. Finally, to the best of our knowledge, DiscoverFriends implements and evaluates the first Android multi‐hop WiFi direct protocol using IPv6. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.