Modeling Vulnerabilities of Ad Hoc Routing Protocols

Modeling Vulnerabilities of Ad Hoc Routing Protocols

Title : Modeling Vulnerabilities of Ad Hoc Routing Protocols
Authors :
Yang, Shahan
Baras, John S.

Conference : 2003 ACM Workshop on Security of Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks pp. 12-20
Date: December 01 - December 05, 2003

The purpose of this work is to automate the analysis of ad hoc routing protocols in the presence of attackers. To this end, a formal model fo protocol behavior is developed in which time is modeled by a set of constraints on the time of occurrence of events, enabling the representation of partially ordered timed events and asynchronous communication. Data variables are represented symbolically, capturing a range of distinct executions in each expression. Given a formal description of Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing Algorithm (AODV) and the desired safety property (route stability), an analysis by a naive semi-decision procedure discovers an instance of an attack that leads to a violation of the property.

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