A Taxonomy on Misbehaving Nodes in Delay Tolerant Networks

Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs) are type of Intermittently Connected Networks (ICNs) featured by long delay, intermittent connectivity, asymmetric data rates and high error rates. DTNs have been primarily developed for InterPlanetary Networks (IPNs), however, have shown promising potential in challenged networks i.e. DakNet, ZebraNet, KioskNet and WiderNet. Due to unique nature of intermittent connectivity and long delay, DTNs face challenges in routing, key management, privacy, fragmentation and misbehaving nodes. Here, misbehaving nodes i.e. malicious and selfish nodes launch various attacks including flood, packet drop and fake packets attack, inevitably overuse scarce resources (e.g., buffer and bandwidth) in DTNs. The focus of this survey is on a review of misbehaving node attacks, and detection algorithms. We firstly classify various of attacks depending on the type of misbehaving nodes. Then, detection algorithms for these misbehaving nodes are categorized depending on preventive and detective based features. The panoramic view on misbehaving nodes and detection algorithms are further analyzed, evaluated mathematically through a number of performance metrics. Future directions guiding this topic are also presented

A routing defense mechanism using evolutionary game theory for Delay Tolerant Networks

Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs) often suffer from intermittent disruption due to factors such as mobility and energy. Though lots of routing algorithms in DTNs have been proposed in the last few years, the routing security problems have not attracted enough attention. DTNs are still facing the threats from different kinds of routing attacks. In this paper, a general purpose defense mechanism is proposed against various routing attacks on DTNs. The defense mechanism is based on the routing path information acquired from the forwarded messages and the acknowledgment (ACK), and it is suitable for different routing schemes. Evolutionary game theory is applied with the defense mechanism to analyze and facilitate the strategy changes of the nodes in the networks. Simulation results show that the proposed evolutionary game theory based defense scheme can achieve high average delivery ratio, low network overhead and low average transmission delay in various routing attack scenarios. By introducing the game theory, the networks can avoid being attacked and provide normal transmission service. The networks can reach evolutionary strategy stable (ESS) under special conditions after evolution. The initial parameters will affect the convergence speed and the final ESS, but the initial ratio of the nodes choosing different strategies can only affect the game process

Encounted Malware Using Spyware In Delay Tolerant Network

Delay Tolerant Network (DTN) have some kind of system attributes because of which discovering a pernicious and narrow minded conduct in the system is incredible test in DTN. So framework with iTrust, a probabilistic mischief identification plan for secure DTN steering towards proficient trust foundation is proposed here. The essential sign of iTrust is introducing an intermittently existing Trusted Authority (TA) to judge the hubs to conduct in light of the gathered directing confirmations and probabilistic assessment. It additionally gives verification in secure way to all the clients in correspondence system. Proposed framework will distinguish every one of the sorts of assault happened in the system and recognize the malevolent client in system. Trouble making of hub speaks to a genuine danger against directing in deferral tolerant system. In this paper primarily center to enhance the bundle misfortune amid the transmission of parcel one hub to another, furthermore it manages childish and pernicious hub. This paper presents an intermittently accessible trusted power. TA judges any hub in the system by gathering the history proof from upstream and downstream hub. TA could rebuff and remunerate the hub in light of its practices. Every hub must pay the store before it joins into the systems, and the store will be paid after, then the hub leave if there is no mischievousactivitiesof hub. This paper additionally concentrates on security between the hubs in DTN. We presented a mystery key which is created and utilized to share the information. The mystery key is consequently changed when the hub joins a system and leaves a system in light of quick randomized calculation. So we can expand the level of security in postponed tolerant system

Defense and traceback mechanisms in opportunistic wireless networks

 In this thesis, we have identified a novel attack in OppNets, a special type of packet dropping attack where the malicious node(s) drops one or more packets (not all the packets) and then injects new fake packets instead. We name this novel attack as the Catabolism attack and propose a novel attack detection and traceback approach against this attack referred to as the Anabolism defence. As part of the Anabolism defence approach we have proposed three techniques: time-based, Merkle tree based and Hash chain based techniques for attack detection and malicious node(s) traceback. We provide mathematical models that show our novel detection and traceback mechanisms to be very effective and detailed simulation results show our defence mechanisms to achieve a very high accuracy and detection rate

Establishing trust relationships and secure channels in opportunistic networks

&nbsp;An effective system with techniques and algorithms that preserve the completeness and integrity of packets in a network and protects Opportunistic Networks from packet dropping and modification attacks has been proposed in this thesis. The techniques and attributes used to create the system involve using Merkle trees, trust, and reputation.<br /

Líneas de defensa y seguridad en redes ad hoc: un estudio sistemático

En el mundo conectado en el que vivimos hoy en día, las redes ad hoc juegan un papel muy importante. Sin embargo, son sus principales características las que las hacen vulnerables desde el punto de vista de la seguridad. Es por esto por lo que el presente trabajo se centra en el estudio de la seguridad en este tipo de redes. Así, se ha realizado un análisis bibliométrico para detectar las temáticas mas relevantes y la evolución de la investigación en lo que concierne a la seguridad en redes ad hoc, que muestra, primero, que el campo de estudio sigue activo, y segundo, que las temáticas MANET y VANET son centro de atención. A partir de aquí, se ha realizado una revisión sistemática de la Literatura centrada en la seguridad en redes MANET y VANET y cómo los trabajos del estado del arte clasifican las soluciones encontradas acorde a las principales líneas de defensa: prevención, detección y respuesta. Si bien, abundan las soluciones de detección de ataques o intrusiones, existe cierta confusión a la hora de enmarcar dichas soluciones por línea de defensa. Así, se ha propuesto una nueva taxonomía que, desde nuestro punto de vista, mejora la clasificación tradicional por línea de defensa añadiendo nuevas como la tolerancia. Finalmente, concluimos con la necesidad de la propuesta de soluciones tolerantes que, bien planteadas, mitiguen los efectos del ataque sin necesidad de una detección y una respuesta real, minimizando así el impacto producido por un atacante en el sistema

Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Being infrastructure-less and without central administration control, wireless ad-hoc networking is playing a more and more important role in extending the coverage of traditional wireless infrastructure (cellular networks, wireless LAN, etc). This book includes state-of the-art techniques and solutions for wireless ad-hoc networks. It focuses on the following topics in ad-hoc networks: vehicular ad-hoc networks, security and caching, TCP in ad-hoc networks and emerging applications. It is targeted to provide network engineers and researchers with design guidelines for large scale wireless ad hoc networks