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9.5.2 Manipulation of Registration Messages with the MAP
(MAP_REG_REQUEST and MAP_REG_REPLY)
As explained in Section 9.2, the AMN uses a MAP_REG_REQUEST message type to start the
registration with an AMAP, which will reply with a MAP_REG_REPLY message. e process
will be completed when the message finally reaches the AMN.
FHAMIPv6 cannot validate that the arrival of a message MAP_REG_REPLY truly comes
from a previous MAP_REG_REQUEST. For this reason, attackers could be able to send
MAP_REG_REPLY messages to the AMN, which will process them as valid. erefore, if
the attacker assigns a CoA (other than that originally assigned by the AMAP) to the AMN
through one of t ...