International Journal of Computer Applications
Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) is a type of wireless network without a fixed topology consist a set of self organized nodes which are randomly, frequently and unpredictably mobile. MANET has a wide range of applications in civilian and military systems because of its infrastructure-less nature and rapid self configuration capability. MANET is an open environment and it is susceptible to many security attacks due to dynamic topology and lack of centralized monitoring authority. Anonymous routing protocols conceal the identities about the route, source and destination to provide security and privacy from intruder's attacks.