Trace Flooding Attack in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are particularly vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. Existing DoS attack traceback approaches are not suitable for tracing the flooding attacks in MANETs. The challenges root in several facts, such as the node mobility and the presence of address spoofing. In this work, we present a behavior-based traceback mechanism to identify flooding attack origins. In addition, we also propose an attack isolation scheme to alleviate the attack impact on the network. Simulations are conducted to evaluate the traceback and attack isolation performance.