Nt1310 Unit 3

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The attacks targets the routing information which is being exchanged among nodes. The data in the table is altered and attacker then attracts or repel network traffic, generate false error messages, increase latency or even partition the network. The next node generally depends on the previous node(s) table to create routing paths.
Selective forwarding
The attacker forwards only specific packets to next node, it generally chooses which kind of packet to forward. These attacks are effective if the attacker is in the path of the data flow. The attacker may choose to act as a black hole and just absorb the packet but then some nodes may declare it as failed. The assumption in multihop network is the trust relation among participating nodes about forwarding packets. Selective forwarding can also be caused by jamming or collision (physical or link layer) of a node outside the data flow.
Sinkhole attacks
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Sybil attacks are a threat to geographical routing protocols, since they require the exchange of coordinates for efficient packet routing. Ideally, a node only sends a set of coordinates, but under a Sybil attack, an attacker could pretend to be in many places at once. The Sybil attack can significantly reduce the effectiveness of fault-tolerant schemes such as distributed storage dispersity and multipath routing, and topology maintenance. Replicas, storage partitions, or routes believed to be using disjoint nodes could in actuality be using a single adversary presenting multiple identities. All of the techniques involve utilizing multiple identities. For instance, in a sensor network voting scheme, the Sybil attack might utilize multiple identities to generate additional “votes”. Similarly, to attack the routing protocol, the Sybil attack would rely on a malicious node taking on the identity of multiple nodes, and thus routing multiple paths through a single malicious

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