Routing attacks in mobile ad hoc networks: an overview

Abstract

Today, usage of mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) has become favorable research subject of study due to their flexibility, mobility and self-sufficiency of network. However, the studies show that as compared to the wired networks, MANETs are more vulnerable to security attacks due to the lack of a trusted centralized authority and limited resources. The widely accepted existing routing protocols designed to accommodate the needs of such selforganized networks do not properly address possible threats aiming at the disruption of the protocol itself. This makes routing attacks particularly serious. In this paper, we consider the modern security issues in MANET. In specific, we investigate routing attacks, such as, Byzantine Attack, Black hole Attack, Rushing Attack and especially Wormhole Attack.