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PACKET DROP ATTACK [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • IT Security
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
DEF

[A] denial of service [attack] where a malicious node can attract all packets by falsely claiming a fresh route to the destination and then absorb them [(drops all packets)] without forwarding them to the destination.

OBS

Normal nodes trust any reply for the requests that they broadcast and [the malicious] node takes [...] advantage of this [...]

Key term(s)
  • blackhole attack

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
DEF

[...] attaque [...] dû à un nœud malveillant qui prétend avoir une route optimale pour la destination et qui indique que le paquet devrait être acheminé par lui en transmettant de fausses informations de routage.

OBS

[...] le nœud malveillant peut soit détruire ou utiliser improprement les paquets interceptés sans les transmettre.

Spanish

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