3rd International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks

Research Article

A Feedback Reputation Mechanism to Secure the Optimized Link State Routing Protocol

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550347,
        author={Joao P. Vilela and Joao Barros},
        title={A Feedback Reputation Mechanism to Secure the Optimized Link State Routing Protocol},
        proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={SECURECOMM},
        year={2008},
        month={6},
        keywords={Bidirectional control  Communication system traffic control  Computer science  Information security  Mobile computing  Network topology  Relays  Routing protocols  State feedback  Telecommunications},
        doi={10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550347}
    }
    
  • Joao P. Vilela
    Joao Barros
    Year: 2008
    A Feedback Reputation Mechanism to Secure the Optimized Link State Routing Protocol
    SECURECOMM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550347
Joao P. Vilela1,*, Joao Barros1,*
  • 1: Instituto de Telecomunicacoes Department of Computer Science Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
*Contact email: joaovilela@dcc.fc.up.pt, barros@dcc.fc.up.pt

Abstract

We consider the problem of securing routing information in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs). Focusing on the Optimized Link State Routing protocol, we devise a feedback reputation mechanism which assesses the integrity of routing control traffic by correlating local routing data with feedback messages sent by the receivers of control traffic. Based on this assessment, misbehaving nodes are shown to be reliably detected and can be adequately punished in terms of their ability to communicate through the network. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first practical implementation of a reputation mechanism in a standardized proactive routing protocol for MANETs.