(POSTER) Resolving the Decreased Rank Attack in RPL's IoT Networks

B. Ghaleb; A. Al-Dubai; A. Hussain; J. Ahmad; I. Romdhani; Z. Jaroucheh

doi:10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00018

(POSTER) Resolving the Decreased Rank Attack in RPL's IoT Networks

B. Ghaleb
, A. Al-Dubai
, A. Hussain
, J. Ahmad
, I. Romdhani
, Z. Jaroucheh

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

7 Scopus citations

Abstract

The Routing Protocol for Low power and Lossy networks (RPL) has been developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standardization body to serve as a part of the 6LoWPAN (IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks) standard, a core communication technology for the Internet of Things (IoT) networks. RPL organizes its network in the form of a tree-like structure where a node is configured as the root of the tree while others integrate themselves into that structure based on their relative distance. A value called the Rank is used to define each node's relative position and it is used by other nodes to take their routing decisions. A malicious node can illegitimately claim a closer position to the root by advertising a lower rank value trapping other nodes to forward their traffic through that malicious node. In this study, we show how this behavior can have a detrimental side effect on the network via extensive simulations and propose a new secure objective function to prevent such an attack.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	65-67
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350346497
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00018
State	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	19th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023 - Pafos, Cyprus Duration: 19 Jun 2023 → 21 Jun 2023

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023

Conference

Conference	19th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023
Country/Territory	Cyprus
City	Pafos
Period	19/06/23 → 21/06/23

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.

Keywords

Internet of Things (IoT)
IoT Security
RPL Standard
and Decreased Rank Attack

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Instrumentation
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications

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Ghaleb, B., Al-Dubai, A., Hussain, A., Ahmad, J., Romdhani, I., & Jaroucheh, Z. (2023). (POSTER) Resolving the Decreased Rank Attack in RPL's IoT Networks. In Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023 (pp. 65-67). (Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00018

Ghaleb, B. ; Al-Dubai, A. ; Hussain, A. et al. / (POSTER) Resolving the Decreased Rank Attack in RPL's IoT Networks. Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. pp. 65-67 (Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023).

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Ghaleb, B, Al-Dubai, A, Hussain, A, Ahmad, J, Romdhani, I & Jaroucheh, Z 2023, (POSTER) Resolving the Decreased Rank Attack in RPL's IoT Networks. in Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023. Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 65-67, 19th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023, Pafos, Cyprus, 19/06/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00018

(POSTER) Resolving the Decreased Rank Attack in RPL's IoT Networks. / Ghaleb, B.; Al-Dubai, A.; Hussain, A. et al.
Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. p. 65-67 (Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Ghaleb B, Al-Dubai A, Hussain A, Ahmad J, Romdhani I, Jaroucheh Z. (POSTER) Resolving the Decreased Rank Attack in RPL's IoT Networks. In Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023. p. 65-67. (Proceedings - 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023). doi: 10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00018

(POSTER) Resolving the Decreased Rank Attack in RPL's IoT Networks

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