VANET security -Analysis and survey

The vehicular communication is the most promising wireless communication technology in the computer network scenario, the inception of which has marked momentous change in the range of safety application for the passengers. With the advancements in vehicular communication, the attacks and vulnerabilities have also increased. Though research in this field is found to be narrow, yet it is a widely expanding and promising arena. This paper highlights security characteristics and challenges of VANET. It also attempts a structured and comprehensive analysis of the breaches in securities associated with VANET. It brings into limelight the various solutions in line with each security attack and tries to compare the different solutions for each attack in order to track out the significance of each solution.