Prevention Techniques for Sybil Attack

Authors

  • Roopali Garg UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh
  • Himika Sharma UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24297/ijct.v11i10.2974

Keywords:

MANET-Mobile ad-hoc network, RSS-Received Signal Strength, MC-DCA-Multiple Key Cryptography based on Distributed Certificate Authorities.

Abstract

Mobile ad-hoc network is a self-governing network, consists of group of nodes that communicates with each other through wireless links. As it is a wireless network, so it is subjected to various attacks. There is one attack which is very dangerous called Sybil attack. In Sybil attack, attackers or malicious nodes uses multiple identities to disrupt the communication between the nodes by capturing necessary and important information and creating misunderstandings between the nodes. In this paper some measures are described to prevent Sybil attack.

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Author Biographies

Roopali Garg, UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh

Co-ordinator, deptt of IT

Himika Sharma, UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh

Research Scholar,deptt of IT

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Published

2012-12-30

How to Cite

Garg, R., & Sharma, H. (2012). Prevention Techniques for Sybil Attack. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTERS &Amp; TECHNOLOGY, 11(10), 3060–3064. https://doi.org/10.24297/ijct.v11i10.2974

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Research Articles