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Multi-Mobile Agent Trust Framework for Mitigating Internal Attacks and Augmenting RPL Security

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SENSORS
Volume 22, Issue 12, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s22124539

Keywords

Internet of Things; RPL; rank attack; Sybil attack; sinkhole attack; trust; mobile agent

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is an important way to connect physical devices to the internet, enabling new cutting-edge applications. However, the security of IoT networks remains a critical concern due to the massive amount of data generated and transmitted. This article proposes an energy-efficient multi-mobile agent-based trust framework (MMTM-RPL) to enhance the security of routing protocols, specifically RPL, in IoT-based wireless sensor networks. MMTM-RPL mitigates routing attacks while minimizing energy and message overheads through the use of mobile agents and dynamic itineraries.
Recently, the Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as an important way to connect diverse physical devices to the internet. The IoT paves the way for a slew of new cutting-edge applications. Despite the prospective benefits and many security solutions offered in the literature, the security of IoT networks remains a critical concern, considering the massive amount of data generated and transmitted. The resource-constrained, mobile, and heterogeneous nature of the IoT makes it increasingly challenging to preserve security in routing protocols, such as the routing protocol for low-power and lossy networks (RPL). RPL does not offer good protection against routing attacks, such as rank, Sybil, and sinkhole attacks. Therefore, to augment the security of RPL, this article proposes the energy-efficient multi-mobile agent-based trust framework for RPL (MMTM-RPL). The goal of MMTM-RPL is to mitigate internal attacks in IoT-based wireless sensor networks using fog layer capabilities. MMTM-RPL mitigates rank, Sybil, and sinkhole attacks while minimizing energy and message overheads by 25-30% due to the use of mobile agents and dynamic itineraries. MMTM-RPL enhances the security of RPL and improves network lifetime (by 25-30% or more) and the detection rate (by 10% or more) compared to state-of-the-art approaches, namely, DCTM-RPL, RBAM-IoT, RPL-MRC, and DSH-RPL.

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