scholarly journals Public Key-Based Authentication and En-Route Filtering Scheme in Wireless Sensor Networks

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 3829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanjun Yi ◽  
Geng Yang ◽  
Hua Dai ◽  
Liang Liu ◽  
Ning Li
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Public Key ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Malicious Nodes ◽  
Trust Value ◽  
Injection Attacks ◽  
Selective Forwarding ◽  
The Impact

The existing public key-based en-route filtering schemes are vulnerable to report disruption attacks or selective forwarding attacks, and they fail to consider any measure to detect and punish the malicious nodes. The authors propose a series of public key-based security mechanisms for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in this paper, including a mechanism for verifying the partial signatures, a substitution mechanism, an effective report forwarding protocol, and a trust value-based mechanism to identify and punish the malicious nodes. Finally, the authors develop a public key-based authentication and en-route filtering scheme (PKAEF), which can resist false data injection attacks, report disruption attacks and selective forwarding attacks, and can mitigate the impact of malicious nodes. Detailed performance analysis and evaluation show that, in most cases, PKAEF outperforms previous works in terms of safety, filtering efficiency, and data availability.

scholarly journals Detection and Location of Malicious Nodes Based on Homomorphic Fingerprinting in Wireless Sensor Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Zhiming Zhang ◽  
Yu Yang ◽  
Wei Yang ◽  
Fuying Wu ◽  
Ping Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Malicious Node ◽  
Malicious Nodes ◽  
Trust Value

The current detection schemes of malicious nodes mainly focus on how to detect and locate malicious nodes in a single path; however, for the reliability of data transmission, many sensor data are transmitted by multipath in wireless sensor networks. In order to detect and locate malicious nodes in multiple paths, in this paper, we present a homomorphic fingerprinting-based detection and location of malicious nodes (HFDLMN) scheme in wireless sensor networks. In the HFDLMN scheme, using homomorphic fingerprint and coding technology, the original data is divided into n packets and sent to the base station along n paths, respectively; the base station determines whether there are malicious nodes in each path by verifying the validity of the packets; if there are malicious nodes in one or more paths, the location algorithm of the malicious node is implemented to locate the specific malicious nodes in the path; if all the packets are valid, the original data is recovered. The HFDLMN scheme does not need any complex evaluation model to evaluate and calculate the trust value of the node, nor any monitoring nodes. Theoretical analysis results show that the HFDLMN scheme is secure and effective. The simulation results demonstrate promising outcomes with respect to key parameters such as the detection probability of the malicious path and the locating probability of the malicious node.

scholarly journals A SOLUTION TO SELECTIVE FORWARD ATTACK IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulbir Singh ◽  
Om Prakash Dubey ◽  
Gautam Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Packet Loss ◽  
Network Performance ◽  
Mesh Network ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Sybil Attack ◽  
Trust Value ◽  
Selective Forwarding ◽  
The Many

Wireless mesh network represent a solution to provide wireless connectivity. There is some attacks on wireless sensor networks like black hole attack, sinkhole attack, Sybil attack, selective forwarding, etc. In this paper, we will concentrate on selective forwarding attack. Selective Forwarding Attack is one of the many security threats in wireless sensor networks which can degrade network performance. An adversary on the transmission path selectively drops the packet. The adversary same time transfers the packet, while in a few occasions it drops the packet. It is difficult to detect this type of attack since the packet loss may be due to unreliable wireless communication. The proposed scheme is based on the trust value of each node. During data transmission, a node selects a downstream node that has highest trust value, which is updated dynamically based on the number of packets a node has forwarded and dropped. We compared our scheme with the existing scheme and found that the packet loss in the proposed scheme is much less than the existing scheme.

scholarly journals Performance Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Trust Mechanism

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 243-249
Author(s):  
Subiksha. V
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Malicious Nodes ◽  
Network Attacks ◽  
Trust Value ◽  
Direct Trust ◽  
Indirect Trust

Abstract: Due to the characteristics like limited resources and dynamic topology, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are facing two major problems such as security and energy consumption. To deal with various improper behaviors of nodes the trust-based solutions are possible but still exist a variety of attacks, high energy consumption, and communication congestion between nodes. Therefore, this paper proposes an advanced and efficient trust-based secure and energy-efficient routing protocol (TBSEER) to solve these network problems and to avoid malicious nodes. Efficient Adaptable Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm (EAACO) calculates the comprehensive trust value through adaptive direct trust value, indirect trust value, and energy trust value, which can be resistant to internal network attacks such as sinkhole, black hole, selective forwarding, and hello flood attacks. In addition, to fast identify the malicious nodes in the WSN, the adaptive penalty mechanism and volatilization factor are used. Moreover, the nodes only need to calculate the direct trust value, and the indirect trust value is obtained by the sink, so as to further reduce the energy consumption caused by iterative calculations. To actively avoid network attacks, the cluster heads find the safest multi-hop routes based on the comprehensive trust value. The simulation results show that the proposed EAACO reduces network energy consumption, speeds up the identification of malicious nodes, as well as resists all common attacks. Keywords: Comprehensive trust value, direct trust value, indirect value, EAACO, network attacks, wireless sensor networks

scholarly journals Information-Aware Secure Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiong Shi ◽  
Li Qin ◽  
Yinghua Ding ◽  
Boli Xie ◽  
Jiajie Zheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Relay Node ◽  
Secure Routing ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Delivery Ratio ◽  
Dijkstra Algorithm ◽  
Malicious Nodes ◽  
Trust Value ◽  
Proposed Model

Secure routing is crucial for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) because they are vulnerable to various attacks. In this paper, we propose a new secure routing protocol for WSNs in the presence of malicious nodes. For each relay node in the route, associated information such as its trust value and status is considered in the protocol. The trust value is defined as the attack probability of the node according to previous packet-forwarding behaviors, and the status is a hybrid metric that combines the residual energy and distance to the sink node. Therefore, the route generated by the protocol is secure against malicious attacks and globally optimal according to the associated information. We used an improved variant of the Dijkstra algorithm to generate the secure route for WSNs in the presence of malicious nodes. Compared with the Reputation-Based Mechanism to Stimulate Cooperation (RBMSC) model in the same simulation environment, the proposed model can maintain a higher delivery ratio, which verifies the effectiveness of the proposed model on the basis of global optimization. Furthermore, compared with the traditional Dijkstra algorithm, the packet loss ratio in the improved Dijkstra algorithm is lower because it can more effectively avoid malicious nodes, thus verifying the effectiveness of the improved algorithm.

scholarly journals Dynamic Network Security Mechanism Based on Trust Management in Wireless Sensor Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Guiping Zheng ◽  
Bei Gong ◽  
Yu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Network Security ◽  
Dynamic Network ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Security Mechanism ◽  
Reliable Operation ◽  
Malicious Nodes ◽  
Trust Value ◽  
Defensive Role

Wireless sensor network is a key technology in Internet of Things. However, due to the large number of sensor nodes and limited security capability, aging nodes and malicious nodes increase. In order to detect the untrusted nodes in the network quickly and effectively and ensure the reliable operation of the network, this paper proposes a dynamic network security mechanism. Firstly, the direct trust value of the node is established based on its behavior in the regional information interaction. Then, the comprehensive trust value is calculated according to the trust recommendation value and energy evaluation value of other high-trust nodes. Finally, node reliability and management nodes are updated periodically. Malicious nodes are detected and isolated according to the credibility to ensure the dynamic, safe, and reliable operation of the network. Simulation results and analysis show that the node trust value calculated by this mechanism can reflect its credibility truly and accurately. In terms of reliable network operation, the mechanism can effectively detect malicious nodes, with higher detection rate, avoid the risk of malicious nodes as management nodes, reduce the energy consumption of nodes, and also play a defensive role in DOS attacks in wireless sensor networks.

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