A Passive Traffic Pattern Discovery Attack to reveal Anonymity of MANET Communication

Abstract — Communication anonymity includes sender anonymity, recipient anonymity and channel anonymity. To break the anonymity in communication traffic analysis is performed. Traffic detection in MANETs is difficult compared to traditional wired infrastructure due to the mobility of the nodes and the lack of a fixed infrastructure. Passive statistical analysis utilize the statistical properties of the captured traffic to reveal the identity of the sender, recipient and the end-to-end link. We analyze Statistical Traffic Pattern Discovery System(STARS) with empirical results