Mitigating flooding attacks in mobile ad-hoc networks supporting anonymous communications

Venkat Balakrishnan*, Vijay Varadharajan, Uday Tupakula, Marie Elisabeth Gaup Moe

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Abstract

Recently several techniques that provide different degree of anonymity have been proposed for wired and wireless communication. Although, the recently proposed techniques are successful in achieving high degree of anonymity, there are some disadvantages associated with the proposed techniques. In this paper we analyze the flooding and packet drop attacks in mobile ad hoc networks that support anonymous communication. Then we propose a novel technique to deal with the flooding attacks. Our approach can efficiently identify and isolate the malicious node that floods the network. In addition, our technique provides a mechanism to identify the benign behavior of an expelled node and rejoins the expelled node back into the network. Furthermore, our approach does not require any additional packets to communicate the behavior of the flooding node and hence does not incur any additional overhead. Finally we validate the performance analysis of our technique through NS2 simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe 2nd International Conference on Wireless Broadband and Ultra Wideband Communications, AusWireless 2007
EditorsLisa O'Conner
Place of PublicationLos Alamitos, CA
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)0769528422, 9780769528427
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event2nd International Conference on Wireless Broadband and Ultra Wideband Communications, AusWireless 2007 - Sydney, Australia
Duration: 27 Aug 200730 Aug 2007

Other

Other2nd International Conference on Wireless Broadband and Ultra Wideband Communications, AusWireless 2007
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period27/08/0730/08/07

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