A Novel Approach for Protecting RPL Routing Protocol against Blackhole Attacks in IoT Networks

A Novel Approach for Protecting RPL Routing Protocol against Blackhole Attacks in IoT Networks | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article A Novel Approach for Protecting RPL Routing Protocol against Blackhole Attacks in IoT Networks Saeid Zangeneh, Rassoul Roustaei This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-174724/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Revision Version 1 posted 4 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Nowadays, we are witnessing an increasing trend towards interconnected devices. This process of connecting devices instead of people is called the Internet of Things (IoT). The main concept of IoT is to connect heterogeneous objects separately and centrally in different places using standard protocols. The general idea is to create an independent world using intelligent objects that have the ability to exchange information and make decisions. Connected objects allow users to monitor and track remotely and in real-time. IoT relies on the development of a low-power, high-throughput network to support communication between objects and their connection to the Internet. These networks are characterized by limited resources in terms of energy, memory, and processing. In the true sense of the Internet of Things, networks called 6LoWPAN were created, and a new routing protocol compatible with these networks, called RPL, was introduced. Due to the limited nature of RPL-based networks, they may be exposed to a variety of internal attacks. Neighbor attacks and DIS are specific attacks in this protocol. This study proposes a trust-based RPL routing protocol which deals with blackhole threats. Besides, it is shown that while our recommended system is secure against blackhole attacks, it doesn’t incur any unwanted expenses in terms of network traffic. Technical Communication Low-power Lossy networks Security in RPL Blackhole attacks Full Text Due to technical limitations, full-text HTML conversion of this manuscript could not be completed. However, the manuscript can be downloaded and accessed as a PDF. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Revision Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Minor revisions 21 Jul, 2021 Reviews received at journal 23 May, 2021 Reviewers invited by journal 23 May, 2021 First submitted to journal 31 Dec, 2020 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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