Hello Derek,
no, there isn't something like this in BATMAN. You might want to have a look at WPA-NONE though, which can encrypt both data and routing traffic on the 802.11 layer for Ad-Hoc networks with TKIP or AES/CCMP (beware, it's pretty undocumented ...).
For both, the OLSR security routing plugin (as far as i understood it) and WPA NONE, you have the problem of a shared, symmetric key. If each node has the key and you have a pretty decentralized setup, you might see your key on a website or ebay before you can even think about it. ;)
So the first question should be what you secure against whom, which possible attackers are to be considered etc. We can discuss this further if you want. Not implementing a security feature in BATMAN was not only a design decision for minimalism, but we also could not find a scenario where this "protection" would be useful or would handle the situation better than conventional mechanisms.
best regards, Simon
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 09:19:27PM -0000, Derek C wrote:
Hi all,
Is there any way to secure the traffic on the adhoc NIC with BATMAN - like the secure plugin in OLSRd?
thanks,
Derek
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