Identifying flaws in the secure routing protocol
J. Marshall, Vikram Pratap Singh Thakur, Alec Yasinsac · 2003
We analyze the secure routing protocol (SRP) introduced by P. Papadimitratos and Z.J. Haas (see SCS Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, 2002) as a means of making ad hoc networks secure. Flaws in the authors' conclusions are discussed pertaining to SRP's stated goals. We then introduce an attack which demonstrates SRP's vulnerabilities and propose a solution based on the watchdog scheme.