TY - GEN
T1 - Analysis of the node isolation attack against OLSR-based mobile ad hoc networks
AU - Kannhavong, Bounpadith
AU - Nakayama, Hidehisa
AU - Kato, Nei
AU - Nemoto, Yoshiaki
AU - Jamalipour, Abbas
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Recent advances in wireless networking technologies have made it possible to construct a Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) which can be applied in infrastructureless situations. However, due to their inherent characteristics, they are much more vulnerable to malicious attacks than a conventinal wired network. In MANET, routing plays an important role in providing connectivity for mobile nodes who are not within the same radio range. Existing routing protocols in MANET assume a trusted and reliable environment. However, in hostile environment mobile nodes are susceptible to various types of routing attacks. This paper identifies a new routing attack, called Node Isolation attack, against Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol, one of the four standard routing protocols for MANETs. We analyze in detail and demonstrate the impact of this attack in order to show the necessity for a countermeasure to guard against the attack. As a first step to defend against the attack, we present a simple technique to detect the attack and identify the source of the attack.
AB - Recent advances in wireless networking technologies have made it possible to construct a Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) which can be applied in infrastructureless situations. However, due to their inherent characteristics, they are much more vulnerable to malicious attacks than a conventinal wired network. In MANET, routing plays an important role in providing connectivity for mobile nodes who are not within the same radio range. Existing routing protocols in MANET assume a trusted and reliable environment. However, in hostile environment mobile nodes are susceptible to various types of routing attacks. This paper identifies a new routing attack, called Node Isolation attack, against Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol, one of the four standard routing protocols for MANETs. We analyze in detail and demonstrate the impact of this attack in order to show the necessity for a countermeasure to guard against the attack. As a first step to defend against the attack, we present a simple technique to detect the attack and identify the source of the attack.
KW - MANET
KW - MPR
KW - Node isolation attack
KW - OLSR
KW - Security
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U2 - 10.1109/ISCN.2006.1662504
DO - 10.1109/ISCN.2006.1662504
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34247506368
SN - 1424404916
SN - 9781424404919
T3 - Proceedings of ISCN'06: 7th International Symosium on Computer Networks
SP - 30
EP - 35
BT - Proceedings of ISCN'06
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - ISCN'06: 7th International Symosium on Computer Networks
Y2 - 16 June 2006 through 18 June 2006
ER -