期刊名称：International Journal of Engineering and Computer Science
印刷版ISSN：2319-7242
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：9
页码：8143-8146
出版社：IJECS
摘要：sensor networks offer eco- nomically viable solutions for a variety of applications. for example, current implemen- tations monitor factory instrumentation, pollution levels, free- way traffic, and the structural integrity of buildings. other applications include climate sensing and control in office buildings and home environ- mental sensing systems for tempera- ture, light, moisture, and motion. ad-hoc low-power wireless networks are an exciting research direction in sensing and pervasive computing. prior security work in this area has focused primarily on denial of communication at the routing or medium access control levels. this paper explores resource depletion attacks at the routing protocol layer, which permanently disable networks by quickly draining nodes’ battery power. these “vampire” attacks are not specific to any specific protocol, but rather rely on the properties of many popular classes of routing protocols. we find that all examined protocols are susceptible to vampire attacks, which are devastating, difficult to detect, and are easy to carry out using as few as one malicious insider sending only protocol compliant messages.
