Replication Attack Mitigations for Static and Mobile WSN

Security is important for many sensor network applications. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are often deployed in hostile environments as static or mobile, where an adversary can physically capture some of the nodes. once a node is captured, adversary collects all the credentials like keys and identi...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Manjula, V, Chellappan, C
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 17.03.2011
Subjects
Computer Science - Cryptography and Security
Computer Science - Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
Computer Science - Networking and Internet Architecture
Cybersecurity
Eavesdropping
Nodes
Remote sensors
Replication
Resource allocation
Sensors
Theft
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:Security is important for many sensor network applications. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are often deployed in hostile environments as static or mobile, where an adversary can physically capture some of the nodes. once a node is captured, adversary collects all the credentials like keys and identity etc. the attacker can re-program it and replicate the node in order to eavesdrop the transmitted messages or compromise the functionality of the network. Identity theft leads to two types attack: clone and sybil. In particularly a harmful attack against sensor networks where one or more node(s) illegitimately claims an identity as replicas is known as the node replication attack. The replication attack can be exceedingly injurious to many important functions of the sensor network such as routing, resource allocation, misbehavior detection, etc. This paper analyzes the threat posed by the replication attack and several novel techniques to detect and defend against the replication attack, and analyzes their effectiveness in both static and mobile WSN.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1103.3378