scholarly journals A Hybrid Wormhole Attack Detection in Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET)

IEEE Access ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Muhannad Tahboush ◽  
Mary Agoyi

Mobile ad hoc network is appealing mechanization in many applications, including disaster recovery and communication systems and rescue due to the flexibility offered by the diverse network. An equivalent network, although it has been found that legitimate can operate independently, or may link to the wider Internet. A framework has been introduced in recent years operators and attackers, have used this network environment. Mobile Ad hoc Network is the main concern about dynamic routing access. Mobile ad hoc network provides several well-known protocols for routing responsive like DSR, AODV, TORA, etc. AODV can route both unicast and multicast. AODV routing protocol cannot protect against a wormhole attack. In this paper, we implement a technique of pseudo-DNA cryptography, focused on the molecular biology’s central dogma. In this approach, we simulate the central dogma's transcription and translation process, and even some extra features to make it difficult to crack the resulting ciphertext and defense against wormhole attack. In the sense of ratio for packet drop, throughput and the delay between two nodes we also examine the impact of the wormhole attack on a parameter of ad hoc network.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Sowah ◽  
Kwadwo B. Ofori-Amanfo ◽  
Godfrey A. Mills ◽  
Koudjo M. Koumadi

A Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET) is a convenient wireless infrastructure which presents many advantages in network settings. With Mobile Ad-Hoc Network, there are many challenges. These networks are more susceptible to attacks such as black hole and man-in-the-middle (MITM) than their corresponding wired networks. This is due to the decentralized nature of their overall architecture. In this paper, ANN classification methods in intrusion detection for MANETs were developed and used with NS2 simulation platform for attack detection, identification, blacklisting, and node reconfiguration for control of nodes attacked. The ANN classification algorithm for intrusion detection was evaluated using several metrics. The performance of the ANN as a predictive technique for attack detection, isolation, and reconfiguration was measured on a dataset with network-varied traffic conditions and mobility patterns for multiple attacks. With a final detection rate of 88.235%, this work not only offered a productive and less expensive way to perform MITM attacks on simulation platforms but also identified time as a crucial factor in determining such attacks as well as isolating nodes and reconfiguring the network under attack. This work is intended to be an opening for future malicious software time signature creation, identification, isolation, and reconfiguration to supplement existing Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs).


A Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) is a lot of nodes that impart together agreeably utilizing the remote medium, and with no focal organization. Because of its inborn open nature and the absence of framework, security is a convoluted issue contrasted with different systems. That is, these systems are powerless against a wide scope of attacks at various system layers. At the system level, malignant nodes can play out a few attacks going from detached spying to dynamic meddling. Blackhole is a case of serious attack that has pulled in much consideration as of late. It includes the traffic redirection between end-nodes via Blackhole attack, and also controls the directing calculation to give figment to the nodes situated a long way from one another are neighbours. To handle this issue, we are proposing a novel location model to enable a node to check whether an assumed most limited way contains a Blackhole attack or not. Our methodology depends on the way that the Blackhole attack diminishes essentially the length of the ways going through it. To keep the black hole, worm opening, black hole that is community oriented also the flooding attacks, the measure by which Secure esteem is figured by the premise of the course which is asked, course answer and information parcels. After the count put the stock in values in the range 0 to 1. The event in which that secure esteem is seen more prominent as of 0.5 at that time marks the node is solid and allow on a system commonly piece. The System performance of proposed convention secured secure AODV steering convention (SAODV) is assessed. The result shows execution varies when matched with standard AODV convention.


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