Byzantine attack

English

Noun

Byzantine attack (plural Byzantine attacks)

1. (computer security) A type of attack involving multiple nodes collaborating to disrupt the network.
   • 2005, Jie Wu, Handbook on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-Peer Networks, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 835:

     Finally, the Byzantine attack raises the problem of reaching a consensus among nodes when an unknown number of them maybe traitors.

   • 2010, Yang Xiao, Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 125:

     Four main Byzantine attacks include “Black Holes,” “Flood Rushing,” “Wormholes,” and “Overlay Network Wormholes” [10].