Mobile agent based TCP attacker identification in MANET using the traffic history (MAITH)

Nishanth, N and Venkataram, Pallapa (2011) Mobile agent based TCP attacker identification in MANET using the traffic history (MAITH). In: 2011 IEEE 13th International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT), 25-28 Sept. 2011, Jinan.

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Abstract

TCP attacks are the major problem faced by Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) due to its limited network and host resources. Attacker traceback is a promising solution which allows a victim to identify the exact location of the attacker and hence enables the victim to take proper countermeasure near attack origins, for forensics and to discourage attackers from launching the attacks. However, attacker traceback in MANET is a challenging problem due to dynamic network topology, limited network and host resources such as memory, bandwidth and battery life. We introduce a novel method of TCP attacker Identification in MANET using the Traffic History - MAITH. Based on the comprehensive evaluation based on simulations, we showed that MAITH can successfully track down the attacker under diverse mobile multi-hop network environment with low communication, computation, and memory overhead.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publisher:	IEEE
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to IEEE.
Keywords:	Agents; Attack History Database; Attacker Traceback; MAITH; Mobile Ad Hoc Networks; TCP Attacks
Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Communication Engineering
Date Deposited:	01 Apr 2013 06:45
Last Modified:	01 Apr 2013 06:45
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/46130

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