A Survey of Routing Attacks and Security Measures in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

TL;DR

This paper reviews routing attacks in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) and discusses various security measures and countermeasures to enhance their reliability and security.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of routing protocols, attacks, and security solutions in MANETs, highlighting current challenges and research directions.

Findings

Routing attacks significantly compromise MANET security.

Various countermeasures have been proposed to mitigate routing attacks.

Security remains a critical challenge in MANET deployment.

Abstract

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are a set of mobile nodes which are self-configuring and connected by wireless links automatically as per the defined routing protocol. The absence of a central management agency or a fixed infrastructure is a key feature of MANETs. These nodes communicate with each other by interchange of packets, which for those nodes not in wireless range goes hop by hop. Due to lack of a defined central authority, securitizing the routing process becomes a challenging task thereby leaving MANETs vulnerable to attacks, which results in deterioration in the performance characteristics as well as raises a serious question mark about the reliability of such networks. In this paper we have attempted to present an overview of the routing protocols, the known routing attacks and the proposed countermeasures to these attacks in various works.