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Secure Routing Protocols

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Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security

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Secure routing protocols in ad hoc networks are the protocols designed to counteract routing attacks that disrupt route discovery.

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In an ad hoc network, nodes form the network collaboratively without using any infrastructure. Nodes do not have the global view on the network topology. In order to deliver packets, they must discover valid routes along which nodes can forward packets from source to destination. The route discovery procedure requires nodes to announce their presence, listen for others’ announcements, forward route discovery request and reply packets, maintain and update their routing tables, and share their routing information.

Besides the nodes’ mobility and the unreliable wireless communication that already make ad hoc routing protocols difficult, security adds another challenge. As attackers can infiltrate easily in a network and nodes can be compromised, ad hoc routing can be disrupted easily under attacks of...

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Texas State University-San Marcos, 78666, San Marcos, Texas, USA

    Qijun Gu (Prof.)

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Henk C. A. van Tilborg

  2. Center for Secure Information Systems, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030-4422, USA

    Sushil Jajodia

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Gu, Q. (2011). Secure Routing Protocols. In: van Tilborg, H.C.A., Jajodia, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5906-5_641

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