A Survey on Security issues in Mobile ADHOC networks
Pallavi Khatri, Sarita Singh Bhadoria, Mamta Narwariya · 2009
Ad-hoc networks are infrastuctureless, self- organizing networks. They dont have fixed infrastructure. Topology in ad-hoc networks is dynamic as nodes join and leave the networkon the flywhenever there is a need either to transmit data or when tr ansmission gets over. These networks do not have a central authority for the management of the network. Here hosts rely on each other to keep the network connected. As the topology of the ad-hoc network is dynamic and every transmission is on the air these networks become vulnerable to number of attacks and security becomes a major issue. In this survey paper we study the different threats to ad-hoc networks.We try to provide a brief introduction to the types of attacks and possible counter measures to prevent the attacks.