Trust mechanisms in wireless sensor networks: Attack analysis and countermeasures

  • Authors:
  • Yanli Yu;Keqiu Li;Wanlei Zhou;Ping Li

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, No. 2 Ligong Road, Dalian 116023, China and School of Information Technology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwoo ...;School of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, No. 2 Ligong Road, Dalian 116023, China;School of Information Technology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia;School of Information Technology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Network and Computer Applications
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

As the trust issue in wireless sensor networks is emerging as one important factor in security schemes, it is necessary to analyze how to resist attacks with a trust scheme. In this paper we categorize various types of attacks and countermeasures related to trust schemes in WSNs. Furthermore, we provide the development of trust mechanisms, give a short summarization of classical trust methodologies and emphasize the challenges of trust scheme in WSNs. An extensive literature survey is presented by summarizing state-of-the-art trust mechanisms in two categories: secure routing and secure data. Based on the analysis of attacks and the existing research, an open field and future direction with trust mechanisms in WSNs is provided.