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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal; line-height:normal" lang="PT-BR">As Guest Editor,

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 cordially invite you to submit a manuscript for consideration and possible publication in a Special Issue "</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; line-height:normal" lang="PT-BR">Security Measures in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal; line-height:normal" lang="PT-BR">"

 to be published in the journal </span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; line-height:normal" lang="PT-BR">Electronics (IF 2.412)</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal; line-height:normal" lang="PT-BR">

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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal; line-height:normal" lang="PT-BR">The Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network (VANET) is a self-organised ad-hoc network that can be formed by connecting vehicles with other vehicles on

 the road and with static infrastructure such as crossroads or parking lots. VANET allows its users to share their information and knowledge about road conditions, events, and traffic. Analysing data from this type of network allows road safety to be increased

 efficiently by controlling crises on the road and supports traffic management thanks to Internet access for drivers and software developers.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal" lang="PT-BR"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height:normal"> </span></span></h1>

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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal; line-height:normal" lang="PT-BR">However, just like any network, VANET is exposed to attacks and attempts to gain access to data that are generated and transferred between

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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal; line-height:normal" lang="PT-BR">Therefore, it has become necessary to design, develop, and extend the appropriate security methods, mechanisms and tools for VANET to protect

 and secure data exchanged between the network nodes, and, consequently, to secure its users and protect them against incorrect information, misinformation, and delays in information sending.

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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal; line-height:normal" lang="PT-BR">This Special Issue aims to present a collection of papers that address problems in the methods, mechanisms, and tools for securing the VANETs

 and their users by exploring aspects such as security design, architectures, deployment, routing, and protocols.

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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal; line-height:normal" lang="PT-BR">Topics of interest include but not are limited to security methods and mechanics for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure

 (V2I) communication environments, protective methods against any form of security attack (e.g., DoS attack, timing attack, man-in-the-middle attack, Bogus, Sybil, Black, Worm and Gray Hole attack), the security of routing protocols, security and privacy methods

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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; line-height:normal" lang="EN-US">The manuscript submission deadline is

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 We will process your paper in time once we receive your submission. For more details please visit the Special Issue website:

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<b><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; line-height:normal" lang="EN-US">https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/special_issues/security_measures</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height:normal"> </span></span></b></p>

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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; line-height:normal" lang="EN-US">The topics include but are not limited to:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size:10pt; line-height:normal"> </span></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-GB">Security and privacy methods and mechanics</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></li><span style="font-size:10pt"></span>

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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-GB">V2v and v2i communication security</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></li></ul>

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