Comprehensive Examination of Version Number Attacks in IoT Networks: Nodes Hyperactivity as Specific Criterion
The security landscape of Internet of Things (IoT) networks continues to draw significant attention from recent networks; the Version Number Attack (VNA) stands out as a prominent threat to IoT network resources. Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Network structures low-power and lossy network...
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| author | Belkhira Hichem Sid Ahmed Belkheir Mohammed Rouissat Mehdi Mokaddem Allel Lorenz Pascal Boukhobza Mohamed Achraf Salmi Abdelhamid Kouar Ahmed |
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| description | The security landscape of Internet of Things (IoT) networks continues to draw significant attention from recent networks; the Version Number Attack (VNA) stands out as a prominent threat to IoT network resources. Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Network structures low-power and lossy networks through one or more Destination Oriented Directed Acyclic Graphs (DODAGs). Each DODAG is assigned a version number, serving the purpose of ensuring the existence of loop-free paths to the root node. In the event of any inconsistency detected by the root node, the version number is incremented, triggering a global repair process and the reconstruction of the Directed Acyclic Graph. A potential security concern arises when a malicious node advertises a false version number in its control message, compelling the initiation of a global repair process. This study conducts a comprehensive analysis of the VNA’s impact, considering various parameters that have not been explored in previous research articles. These parameters include an examination of the additional forwarding tasks introduced by the attack and an exploration of factors contributing to node hyperactivity (such as loops, local and global repairs, etc.). The article delves into the specific control messages that result in the detrimental effects of the attack, offering a detailed analysis of control overhead, energy consumption, Packet Delivery Ratio, and latency. The obtained results show that the DAO (Destination Advertisement Object) messages dominate the total control overhead and are the main contributor to the total consumer energy, where the closest the malicious node to the sink the more damaging is the attack. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec839516930a4195ae710886bc5637f22024-02-06T09:08:52ZengDe GruyterOpen Information Science2451-17812024-01-01811528153610.1515/opis-2022-0165Comprehensive Examination of Version Number Attacks in IoT Networks: Nodes Hyperactivity as Specific CriterionBelkhira Hichem Sid Ahmed0Belkheir Mohammed1Rouissat Mehdi2Mokaddem Allel3Lorenz Pascal4Boukhobza Mohamed Achraf5Salmi Abdelhamid6Kouar Ahmed7Department of Computer Science, Univeristy Center Nour Bachir, El-Bayadh, AlgeriaLIMA Laboratory, Univeristy Center Nour Bachir, El-Bayadh, AlgeriaDepartment of Computer Science, Univeristy Center Nour Bachir, El-Bayadh, AlgeriaLIMA Laboratory, Univeristy Center Nour Bachir, El-Bayadh, AlgeriaMIPS Laboratory, University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, FranceLIMA Laboratory, Univeristy Center Nour Bachir, El-Bayadh, AlgeriaDepartment of Computer Science, Univeristy Center Nour Bachir, El-Bayadh, AlgeriaDepartment of Computer Science, Univeristy Center Nour Bachir, El-Bayadh, AlgeriaThe security landscape of Internet of Things (IoT) networks continues to draw significant attention from recent networks; the Version Number Attack (VNA) stands out as a prominent threat to IoT network resources. Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Network structures low-power and lossy networks through one or more Destination Oriented Directed Acyclic Graphs (DODAGs). Each DODAG is assigned a version number, serving the purpose of ensuring the existence of loop-free paths to the root node. In the event of any inconsistency detected by the root node, the version number is incremented, triggering a global repair process and the reconstruction of the Directed Acyclic Graph. A potential security concern arises when a malicious node advertises a false version number in its control message, compelling the initiation of a global repair process. This study conducts a comprehensive analysis of the VNA’s impact, considering various parameters that have not been explored in previous research articles. These parameters include an examination of the additional forwarding tasks introduced by the attack and an exploration of factors contributing to node hyperactivity (such as loops, local and global repairs, etc.). The article delves into the specific control messages that result in the detrimental effects of the attack, offering a detailed analysis of control overhead, energy consumption, Packet Delivery Ratio, and latency. The obtained results show that the DAO (Destination Advertisement Object) messages dominate the total control overhead and are the main contributor to the total consumer energy, where the closest the malicious node to the sink the more damaging is the attack.https://doi.org/10.1515/opis-2022-0165rpliotsecurityvnaattack |
| spellingShingle | Belkhira Hichem Sid Ahmed Belkheir Mohammed Rouissat Mehdi Mokaddem Allel Lorenz Pascal Boukhobza Mohamed Achraf Salmi Abdelhamid Kouar Ahmed Comprehensive Examination of Version Number Attacks in IoT Networks: Nodes Hyperactivity as Specific Criterion Open Information Science rpl iot security vna attack |
| title | Comprehensive Examination of Version Number Attacks in IoT Networks: Nodes Hyperactivity as Specific Criterion |
| title_full | Comprehensive Examination of Version Number Attacks in IoT Networks: Nodes Hyperactivity as Specific Criterion |
| title_fullStr | Comprehensive Examination of Version Number Attacks in IoT Networks: Nodes Hyperactivity as Specific Criterion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comprehensive Examination of Version Number Attacks in IoT Networks: Nodes Hyperactivity as Specific Criterion |
| title_short | Comprehensive Examination of Version Number Attacks in IoT Networks: Nodes Hyperactivity as Specific Criterion |
| title_sort | comprehensive examination of version number attacks in iot networks nodes hyperactivity as specific criterion |
| topic | rpl iot security vna attack |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/opis-2022-0165 |
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