TY - GEN
T1 - A path authentication scheme for routing disruption attack prevention in ad hoc network
AU - Lin, Li Joe
AU - Shieh, Shiuhpyng
AU - Yang, Tzu I.
AU - Lin, Warren W.
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - Ad hoc routing protocols are vulnerable due to the absence of security mechanisms, allowing attacks such as forged routing advertisements to disrupt the routing scheme. Research work has been proposed for securing the routing protocol in ad hoc networks; however, solutions that utilize asymmetric cryptographic primitives are often infeasible in a constrained mobile environment. In this paper, we discover a strict, cooperative disruption attack on the route path and identify the deficiency of present security mechanisms for protecting routing information. We then propose a path authentication scheme which relies on efficient symmetric cryptographic primitives. The Random Assignment Path Authentication (RAPA) scheme guarantees the integrity of a complete request route path in the route discovery procedure and helps the current on-demand routing protocol in resisting routing disruption attacks.
AB - Ad hoc routing protocols are vulnerable due to the absence of security mechanisms, allowing attacks such as forged routing advertisements to disrupt the routing scheme. Research work has been proposed for securing the routing protocol in ad hoc networks; however, solutions that utilize asymmetric cryptographic primitives are often infeasible in a constrained mobile environment. In this paper, we discover a strict, cooperative disruption attack on the route path and identify the deficiency of present security mechanisms for protecting routing information. We then propose a path authentication scheme which relies on efficient symmetric cryptographic primitives. The Random Assignment Path Authentication (RAPA) scheme guarantees the integrity of a complete request route path in the route discovery procedure and helps the current on-demand routing protocol in resisting routing disruption attacks.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34548132026&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICSMC.2006.384888
DO - 10.1109/ICSMC.2006.384888
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34548132026
SN - 1424401003
SN - 9781424401000
T3 - Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
SP - 1262
EP - 1268
BT - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Y2 - 8 October 2006 through 11 October 2006
ER -