Secure Routing In Sensor Networks Research Articles

Vulnerabilities in Wireless Sensor Networks: Attacks and Countermeasures

In wireless sensor networks, we look at routing security. There have been numerous sensor network routing protocols proposed, but none of them have been developed with security in mind. We propose security goals for sensor network routing, show how ad-hoc and peer-to-peer network attacks can be adapted into powerful sensor network attacks, introduce two new types of sensor network attacks––sinkholes and HELLO floods––and assess the security of all major sensor network routing protocols. We detail all of them as targets for debilitating attacks and offer countermeasures and design considerations. This is the first study of secure routing in sensor networks of its kind.

Secure routing in wireless sensor networks: attacks and countermeasures

We consider routing security in wireless sensor networks. Many sensor network routing protocols have been proposed, but none of them have been designed with security as a goal. We propose security goals for routing in sensor networks, show how attacks against ad-hoc and peer-to-peer networks can be adapted into powerful attacks against sensor networks, introduce two classes of novel attacks against sensor networks––sinkholes and HELLO floods, and analyze the security of all the major sensor network routing protocols. We describe crippling attacks against all of them and suggest countermeasures and design considerations. This is the first such analysis of secure routing in sensor networks.