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Fanzhi Li

at Univ of Buckingham

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Proceedings Article | 18 April 2008 Paper

Credibility based secure route finding in wireless ad hoc networks

Fanzhi Li, Ali Al-Sherbaz, Sabah Jassim, Chris Adams

Proceedings Volume 6982, 698204 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.777589

KEYWORDS: Network security, Information security, Computer simulations, Cryptography, Device simulation, Wireless communications, Mobile communications, Data transmission, Computer security, Mobile devices

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Existing Ad Hoc routing protocols are mostly based on efficiency-driven protocols. Malicious nodes can easily impair the performance of wireless ad hoc networks as a result of different actions such as packet dropping or black hole attacks without being detected. It is virtually impossible to find out these kinds of malicious before they attack, therefore it would be sensible to base detection of malicious nodes on post route discovery stage, i.e. when packets are transmitted on discovered routes. In this paper we shall review existing techniques for secure routing and propose to use credibility based route finding protocols. Each node would monitor its neighbors' pattern of delivering packets and regularly update their "credibility" according to certain criteria. The level of trust in any route will be based on the credits associated with the neighbor belonging to the discovered route. We shall evaluate the performance of the proposed scheme by modifying our simulation system so that each node has a dynamic changing "credit list" for its neighbors' behavior. We shall conduct a series of simulations with and without the proposed scheme and compare the results. We will demonstrate that the proposed mechanism is capable of isolating malicious nodes and thereby counteracting black hole attacks. We will discuss problems we encountered and our solutions. We would also further develop the protocol, to investigate the possibility of using the unique prime factorization theory to enable nodes acquiring more trust knowledge beyond its immediate neighborhood. Such an approach helps to further secure route-finding procedures.

Proceedings Article | 2 May 2007 Paper

Detecting and isolating malicious nodes in wireless ad hoc networks

Fanzhi Li, Sabah Jassim

Proceedings Volume 6579, 657909 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.723953

KEYWORDS: Computer simulations, Network security, Mobile communications, Cryptography, Lithium, Wireless communications, Defense and security, Data transmission, Biometrics, Cell phones

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Malicious nodes can seriously impair the performance of wireless ad hoc networks as a result of different actions such as packet dropping. Secure routes are shortest paths on which every node on the route is trusted even if unknown. Secure route discovery requires the adoption of mechanisms of associating trust to nodes. Most existing secure route discovery mechanisms rely on shared keys and digital signature. In the absence of central nodes that act as certification authority, such protocols suffer from heavy computational burden and are vulnerable to malicious attacks. In this paper we shall review existing techniques for secure routing and propose to complement route finding with creditability scores. Each node would have a credit list for its neighbors. Each node monitors its neighbors' pattern of delivering packets and regularly credits are reviewed and updated accordingly. Unlike most existing schemes the focus of our work is based on post route discovery stage, i.e. when packets are transmitted on discovered routes. The level of trust in any route will be based on the credits associated with the neighbors belonging to the discovered route. We shall evaluate the performance of the proposed scheme by modifying our simulation system so that each node has a dynamic changing "credit list" for its neighbors' behavior. We shall conduct a series of simulations with and without the proposed scheme and compare the results. We will demonstrate that the proposed mechanism is capable of isolating malicious nodes and thereby counteracting black hole attacks.

Proceedings Article | 2 May 2006 Paper

Enhancement of node connectivity for mobile ad hoc networks

Xiyu Shi, Fanzhi Li, Christopher Adams

Proceedings Volume 6250, 62500H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.665610

KEYWORDS: Computer simulations, Java, Mobile communications, Internet, Performance modeling, Free space, Antennas, Tin, Data modeling, Lithium

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For secure mobile wireless networks whose topologies are changed dynamically in insecure environments, mobile users need to keep in contact with each other for the purpose of user authentications. For instance, the network formed by a group of soldiers equipped with wireless devices in a battlefield. Maintaining a high connectivity is crucial in such networks in order to authenticate scattered individuals and to be able to communicate with each other. To establish connections, different mobile ad hoc network routing protocols have been developed. However, much research has shown that these protocols are incapable of maintaining high connectivity when the node density is lower in the network. This paper proposes a mechanism to enhance the node connectivity, which is specifically effective for mobile ad hoc networks with lower node densities. It selects some nodes with larger transmission power as strategic nodes to assist in establishing connections with remote nodes, which are unable to connect with otherwise. The strategic nodes have the ability to connect with each other. Whenever a remote mobile node has a request to connect to another remote mobile node, the strategic nodes function as normal mobile nodes and may forward the connection requests to the desired remote destination node. The mechanism is simulated in different scenarios with various node densities, and the results show that the node connectivity is generally enhanced with the benefit of lower node density network, gaining significant improvement.

Proceedings Article | 2 May 2006 Paper

The effects of malicious nodes on performance of mobile ad hoc networks

Fanzhi Li, Xiyu Shi, Sabah Jassim, Christopher Adams

Proceedings Volume 6250, 62500K (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.668263

KEYWORDS: Network security, Biometrics, Computer simulations, Relays, Personal digital assistants, Video, Databases, Facial recognition systems, Wireless communications, Wavelets

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Wireless ad hoc networking offers convenient infrastructureless communication over the shared wireless channel. However, the nature of ad hoc networks makes them vulnerable to security attacks. Unlike their wired counterpart, infrastructureless ad hoc networks do not have a clear line of defense, their topology is dynamically changing, and every mobile node can receive messages from its neighbors and can be contacted by all other nodes in its neighborhood. This poses a great danger to network security if some nodes behave in a malicious manner. The immediate concern about the security in this type of networks is how to protect the network and the individual mobile nodes against malicious act of rogue nodes from within the network. This paper is concerned with security aspects of wireless ad hoc networks. We shall present results of simulation experiments on ad hoc network's performance in the presence of malicious nodes. We shall investigate two types of attacks and the consequences will be simulated and quantified in terms of loss of packets and other factors. The results show that network performance, in terms of successful packet delivery ratios, significantly deteriorates when malicious nodes act according to the defined misbehaving characteristics.

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