A comprehensive performance analysis of zone based Intrusion Detection System in mobile ad hoc networks

Wireless networking is currently the medium of choice for several applications. Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are networks that combine wireless communication with a high degree of node mobility. Hence they are vulnerable and are subjected to new security risks. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) are an important area of research which acts as a second line of defense against unauthorized activities in networks. The effectiveness of IDS is measured by the response it generates specific to the type of intrusion detected. In this paper, we have proposed and simulated an enhanced detection mechanism in a Zone based Intrusion Detection System (ZBIDS). An extensive simulation is carried out to study the performance of ZBIDS under various routing attacks like blackhole, greyhole, wormhole and impersonation. The simulation results are based on the proposed architecture and shows that the enhanced ZBIDS has achieved desirable performance to meet the security requirement of MANETs.