BSMR: Byzantine-Resilient Secure Multicast in Multi-hop Wireless Networks

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Reza Curtmola and Cristina Nita-Rotaru

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Multi-hop wireless networks rely on node cooperation to provide multicast services. The multi-hop communication offers increased coverage for such services, but also makes them more vulnerable to insider (or Byzantine) attacks coming from compromised nodes that behave arbitrarily to disrupt the network. In this work we identify vulnerabilities of on-demand multicast routing protocols for multi-hop wireless networks and discuss the challenges encountered in designing mechanisms to defend against them. We propose BSMR, a novel secure multicast routing protocol designed to withstand insider attacks from colluding adversaries. Our protocol is a software-based solution and does not require additional or specialized hardware. We present simulation results which demonstrate that BSMR effectively mitigates the identified attacks.

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2007 – 03

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Purdue University

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BSMR: Byzantine-Resilient Secure Multicast in Multi-hop Wireless Networks

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CSD TR 07-005

Number

CSD TR 07-005

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Department of Computer Science

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Johns Hopkins University and Purdue University

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2007-03-01

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ad hoc wireless networks, on-demand secure multicast routing, security, Byzantine failures, wormhole attacks, flood rushing attacks, black hole attacks, colluding attackers

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English

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