Abstract: Security is always a major concern and a topic of hot discussion to users of Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs). The open architecture of WMNs makes it very easy for malicious attackers to exploit the loopholes in the routing protocol. Cooperative Black-hole attack is a type of denial-of-service attack that sabotages the routing functions of the network layer in WMNs. In this paper we have focused on improving the security of one of the popular routing protocols among WMNs, Ad-hoc on demand distance vector (AODV) routing protocol and present a probable solution to this attack using Merkle hash tree.

Shree Om and Mohammad Talib, “ Using Merkle Tree to Mitigate Cooperative Black-hole Attack in Wireless Mesh Networks ” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 2(5), 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2011.020501

@article{Om2011,
title = { Using Merkle Tree to Mitigate Cooperative Black-hole Attack in Wireless Mesh Networks },
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2011.020501},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2011.020501},
year = {2011},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {2},
number = {5},
author = {Shree Om and Mohammad Talib}
}