Open AccessA novel self‐checking ad hoc routing scheme against active black hole attacks
Author(s) -
Cai Ruo Jun,
Li Xue Jun,
Chong Peter Han Joo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
security and communication networks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1939-0122
pISSN - 1939-0114
DOI - 10.1002/sec.1390
Subject(s) - computer science , packet drop attack , scheme (mathematics) , wireless ad hoc network , black hole (networking) , computer network , routing (electronic design automation) , computer security , routing protocol , link state routing protocol , telecommunications , wireless , mathematical analysis , mathematics
It is challenging to design a routing scheme that can successfully operate in the presence of adversarial environment in mobile ad hoc network (MANET), where several types of severe routing security threats can be easily employed against normal routing. Among them, active black hole attack is a typical one. Most existing defense schemes postulated that active black hole attackers have no knowledge about the internal prevention mechanisms of MANETs. However, due to the open and self‐organized nature of MANET, it is necessary to assume that all nodes, including attackers, know how the security mechanism works. In this paper, we propose a distributed self‐checking scheme that can effectively prevent various forms of active black hole attackers. Even the internal attackers who know the security mechanism cannot get any benefit to launch those attacks. Simulation results affirm that our proposed solution is robust and able to improve the packet delivery ratio significantly in an adversarial MANET environment as compared with other routing schemes. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.