Subject Evaluation
Master Thesis Proposal
Evaluations of Secure MANET Routing Protocols in Malicious Environments
Tuan Anh Nguyen
School of Science and Computer Engineering
University of Houston – Clear Lake
08/2005
Committee members:
Dr. T. Andrew Yang, Chair Dr. Alfredo Perez-Davila Ms. Wei Ding
Table of Contents
Abstract 3 1. Introduction and background 4 2. Problem Statement 8 3. Details of the Proposed Investigation 9 4. Materials and Methods of Research 15 5. Summary 19 References 20
Abstract
The characteristics of self-organization, wireless medium, and the absence of fixed infrastructure make Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) easy to set up, and thus attractive to users. However, the open and dynamic operational environment of MANET makes it very vulnerable to attacks such as denial of service attacks, radio–jamming attacks, impersonation attacks and fabrication attacks. Another common type of attacks at MANET targets at the underlying routing protocols. Because every network node in a MANET can be a router for data transmission, malicious nodes have opportunities to modify or discard routing information or even to advertise fake routes in an attempt to attract user data to go through themselves.
Some new routing protocols have been proposed to address the issue of securing routing information. However, a secure routing protocol cannot single-handedly guarantee the secure operation of the network in every situation. The objectives of the thesis are two-fold: (a) To simulate various scenarios of attacks at MANET; (b) To study the performance and effectiveness of some secure routing protocols, including the Secure Ad-hoc On demand Distance Vector routing protocol (SAODV) [8] and ARIADNE [6], in these simulated malicious scenarios. If time permits, I would like to propose an optimal security solution to improve the
Evaluations of Secure MANET Routing Protocols in Malicious Environments
Tuan Anh Nguyen
School of Science and Computer Engineering
University of Houston – Clear Lake
08/2005
Committee members:
Dr. T. Andrew Yang, Chair Dr. Alfredo Perez-Davila Ms. Wei Ding
Table of Contents
Abstract 3 1. Introduction and background 4 2. Problem Statement 8 3. Details of the Proposed Investigation 9 4. Materials and Methods of Research 15 5. Summary 19 References 20
Abstract
The characteristics of self-organization, wireless medium, and the absence of fixed infrastructure make Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) easy to set up, and thus attractive to users. However, the open and dynamic operational environment of MANET makes it very vulnerable to attacks such as denial of service attacks, radio–jamming attacks, impersonation attacks and fabrication attacks. Another common type of attacks at MANET targets at the underlying routing protocols. Because every network node in a MANET can be a router for data transmission, malicious nodes have opportunities to modify or discard routing information or even to advertise fake routes in an attempt to attract user data to go through themselves.
Some new routing protocols have been proposed to address the issue of securing routing information. However, a secure routing protocol cannot single-handedly guarantee the secure operation of the network in every situation. The objectives of the thesis are two-fold: (a) To simulate various scenarios of attacks at MANET; (b) To study the performance and effectiveness of some secure routing protocols, including the Secure Ad-hoc On demand Distance Vector routing protocol (SAODV) [8] and ARIADNE [6], in these simulated malicious scenarios. If time permits, I would like to propose an optimal security solution to improve the