1) The document proposes an enhanced authenticated anonymous secure routing (EAASR) protocol for mobile ad hoc networks to improve security, reduce delay, and eliminate malicious nodes. EAASR uses dummy nodes, group elliptical signature, and onion routing techniques to provide anonymity and prevent traffic analysis attacks. 2) Simulation results show that EAASR achieves lower packet loss and end-to-end delay than existing protocols like AASR, ANODR, and AODV. EAASR misleads attackers by using dummy nodes for neighborhood communication while the actual communication path between source and destination remains anonymous and reliable. 3) Future work will focus on improving security by only using validated secure paths and avoiding unwanted