International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 66 - Number 22 |
Year of Publication: 2013 |
Authors: Adil Mudasir Malla, Ravi Kant Sahu |
10.5120/11252-6467 |
Adil Mudasir Malla, Ravi Kant Sahu . Security Attacks with an Effective Solution for DOS Attacks in VANET. International Journal of Computer Applications. 66, 22 ( March 2013), 45-49. DOI=10.5120/11252-6467
Vehicular Ad hoc Networks is a special kind of mobile ad hoc network to provide communication among nearby vehicles and between vehicles and nearby fixed equipments. VANETs are mainly used for improving efficiency and safety of (future) transportation. There are chances of a number of possible attacks in VANET due to open nature of wireless medium. In this paper, we have classified these security attacks and logically organized/represented in a more lucid manner based on the level of effect of a particular security attack on intelligent vehicular traffic. Also, an effective solution is proposed for DOS based attacks which use the redundancy elimination mechanism consists of rate decreasing algorithm and state transition mechanism as its components. This solution basically adds a level of security to its already existing solutions of using various alternative options like channel-switching, frequency-hopping, communication technology switching and multiple-radio transceivers to counter affect the DOS attacks. Proposed scheme enhances the security in VANETs without using any cryptographic scheme.