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On securing MANET routing protocol against control packet dropping

Djenouri, Djamel; Mahmoudi, Othmane; Bouamama, Mohamed; Llewellyn-Jones, David; Merabti, Madjid

Authors

Othmane Mahmoudi

Mohamed Bouamama

David Llewellyn-Jones

Madjid Merabti



Abstract

In this manuscript we deal with securing routing protocols of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) against packet dropping misbehavior. More specifically, we propose a solution to protect control packets of reactive source routing protocols against. Most current proposals focus on data packets. Nonetheless, dropping control packets may be beneficial for selfish nodes and malicious ones as well. For example, simply by dropping RREQ (Route Request) packets a selfish node could exclude itself from routes and thereby avoid receiving data packets to forward. Similarly, a malicious could drop RERR (Route Error) packets to keep the use of failed routes, potentially resulting in a denial of service. Our solution could be intergraded with any source routing protocol. For the implementation in this work, we have chosen one of the most secure protocols, namely ENDAIRA. We assess our solution by an extensive simulation study.

Citation

Djenouri, D., Mahmoudi, O., Bouamama, M., Llewellyn-Jones, D., & Merabti, M. (2007). On securing MANET routing protocol against control packet dropping. https://doi.org/10.1109/perser.2007.4283899

Conference Name IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services
Conference Location Istanbul, Turkey
Start Date Jul 15, 2007
End Date Jul 20, 2007
Online Publication Date Aug 8, 2007
Publication Date Aug 8, 2007
Deposit Date Feb 21, 2020
Pages 100-108
ISBN 1424413257
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/perser.2007.4283899
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/5465541