Bourkache, G.Mezghiche, MohamedTamine, K2015-06-112015-06-1120112011 6th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, ARES 2011; Vienna; Austria; 22 August 2011 through 26 August 2011; Category numberE4485; Code 87189978-076954485-4https://dspace.univ-boumerdes.dz123456789/1687The evolution of wireless network technologies and the recent advances in mobile computing hardware have made possible the introduction of various applications in mobile adhoc networks. Not only is the infrastructure of these networks inherently vulnerable but they have increased requirements regarding their security as well. As intrusion prevention mechanisms, such as encryption and authentication, are not sufficient regarding security, we need a second line of defence, Intrusion Detection. The focus of this paper is on distributed and intelligent intrusion detection. We propose a model for building a distributed and behavioural intrusion detection system by using a classification method.Intrusion detectionMobile ad hoc networksMobile agentsMulti-agents systemsNetwork securityClassification methodsComputing hardwareistributed intrusion detectionIntelligent mobile agentIntrusion preventionMulti-agents systemsWireless network technologiesAuthenticationDistributed computer systemsIntelligent agentsMathematical modelsIntrusion detectionArticle