Byzantine attack
noun1
A type of attack involving multiple nodes collaborating to disrupt the network.
Computer security
- Finally, the Byzantine attack raises the problem of reaching a consensus among nodes when an unknown number of them maybe traitors.2005, Jie Wu, Handbook on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-Peer Networks, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 835:
- Four main Byzantine attacks include “Black Holes,” “Flood Rushing,” “Wormholes,” and “Overlay Network Wormholes” [10].2010, Yang Xiao, Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 125: