Prevention of Cooperative Black Hole Attack in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are extensively used in military and civilian applications. The dynamic topology of MANETs allows nodes to join and leave the network at any point of time. This generic characteristic of MANET has rendered it vulnerable to security attacks. In this paper, we address the problem of coordinated attack by multiple black holes acting in group. We present a technique to identify multiple black holes cooperating with each other and a solution to discover a safe route avoiding cooperative black hole attack.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ICWN
• Authors: Sanjay Ramaswamy, Huirong Fu, Manohar Sreekantaradhya, John Dixon, Kendall E. Nygard
• Keywords: ICWN 2003, ICWN 2007, MANETs Allows Nodes, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Multiple Black Holes