Journals read so far

Managed to read two journals today:

1. A Distributed Hierarchical Policy Management System for Security Control over Tachtical obile Ad Hoc Networks

This journal focused on using simulation to create a design for the Army for their use of ad hoc mobile networks.  It discussed that mobile ad hoc networks are new and do not fall neatly in place with the use of protocols such as TCP.  The authors suggest that since ad hoc networks are dynamic with a high rate of data loss, a new approach is needed to secure the ad hoc mobile networks including recovery from an attack.  They suggest using Reliable UDP (RUDP) for the normal operation of the network and using flooding when recovering from an attack.  Overall, I found the topic interesting but lacking a more universal appeal.

2. Enabling Mobility in Enterprise Security Management

This paper discussed using mobile devices to administer networks remotely.  I must say it sounds pretty interesting.  The authors take the approach of comparing traditional remote web administration and remote desktop administration and their benefits and shortcomings; next, they move into the realm of using mobile devices to securely administer servers and devices remotely pointing out the many benefits.  The article is 6-7 years old considering they use a Dell handheld for mobile device and also point out that due to mobile devices being new, not many viruses exist for them.  Nevertheless, their approach was well outlined and communicated.  The authors discussed modeling their approach on the ISO 17799.

By: Nima Zahadat