A generic request/reply based algorithm for detection of blackhole attack in MANET

Abstract

Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) technology provides intercommunication between different nodes where no infrastructure is available for communication. MANET is attracting many researcher attentions as it is cost effective and easy for implementation. Main challenging aspect in MANET is its vulnerability. In MANET nodes are very much vulnerable to attacks along with its data as well as data flowing through these nodes. One of the main reasons of these vulnerabilities is its communication policy which makes nodes interdependent for interaction and data flow. This mutual trust between nodes is exploited by attackers through injecting malicious node or replicating any legitimate node in MANET. One of these attacks is blackhole attack. In this study, the behavior of blackhole attack is discussed and have proposed a lightweight solution for blackhole attack which uses inbuilt functions.