Attacks in wireless sensor networks
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Date
2016
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IGI Global
Abstract
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) consists of large number of low-cost, resource-constrained sensor
nodes. The constraints of the WSN which make it to be vulnerable to attacks are based on their charac-
teristics which include: low memory, low computation power, they are deployed in hostile area and left
unattended, small range of communication capability and low energy capabilities. Examples of attacks
which can occur in a WSN are sinkhole attack, selective forwarding attack and wormhole attack. One
of the impacts of these attacks is that, one attack can be used to launch other attacks. This book chapter
presents an exploration of the analysis of the existing solutions which are used to detect and identify
passive and active attack in WSN. The analysis is based on advantages and limitations of the proposed
solutions.
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Keywords
Wireless, Sensor networks