Public/Subscribe (PubSub) paradigm is a powerful abstraction for building distributed applications and message distribution, and seems to be good suited model for the type of communication which takes place at a tactical/mobile level in military operations. Because of the hostile environment such network has to operate in, the networks has to have good information security qualities, including intrusion tolerance. A successful intrusion in tactical command and control networks can have a substantial damage on the ongoing military operation, making it a high valuable enemy target.
Most previous work on information distribution in MANETs focuses on how to distribute the information and minimizing the amount of data to be sent on the network, and not on security issues introduced by an intruder.
This master project will perform an analysis of the intrusion tolerance of the PubSub based MANET, i.e. the capability of a system to fulfil its mission in a timely manner, even in the presence of intelligent attacks or failures.
