The secure operation of the routing protocol is one of the major challenges to be met for the proliferation of the Mobile Ad hoc Networking (MANET) paradigm. Nevertheless, security enhancements have been proposed mostly for reactive MANET protocols. The proposed here Secure Link State Routing Protocol (SLSP) provides secure proactive topology discovery, which can be multiply beneficial to the network operation. SLSP can be employed as a stand-alone protocol, or fit naturally into a hybrid routing framework, when combined with a reactive protocol. SLSP is robust against individual attackers, it is capable of adjusting its scope between local and network-wide topology discovery, and it is capable of operating in networks of frequently changing topology and membership.

翻译：移动自组网络（MANET）范式的推广面临的关键挑战之一是路由协议的安全运行。然而，现有的安全增强方案主要针对反应式MANET协议。本文提出的安全链路状态路由协议（SLSP）提供了安全主动式拓扑发现机制，对网络运行具有多重益处。SLSP既可独立作为路由协议运行，也可与反应式协议结合，自然地融入混合路由框架。该协议能够抵御单个攻击者的攻击，可在局部拓扑发现与全网拓扑发现之间灵活调整范围，并能在拓扑结构及成员频繁变化的网络中稳定运行。