Interlayer Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Lei Guang (1) , Chadi Assi (1) , Abderrahim Benslimane (2)

1 Concordia University [Montreal]
2 LIA - Laboratoire Informatique d'Avignon

In this paper, we demonstrate a new class of protocol compliant exploits that initiates at the MAC layer but targets ad hoc on-demand routing mechanisms. A misbehaved node implementing this type of attacks completely follows the specifications of IEEE802.11 standard and the existing on-demand routing protocols. However, it can cause routing shortcut attacks or detour attacks. We detail the exploits against two on-demand routing protocols: AODV and DSR. We evaluate the impact of such attacks on the network performance and propose PSD (Prevention from Shortcut and Detour Attack) to mitigate their impacts.

Mots clés: Ad hoc networks; medium access control; security

Domaines: Informatique [cs]

Lei Guang, Chadi Assi, Abderrahim Benslimane. Interlayer Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. Second International Conference, MSN , Dec 2006, Hong Kong, China. ⟨10.1007/11943952_37⟩. ⟨hal-01317428⟩