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A blackhole attack can be simulated in Network Simulator-2.35 by following these steps:

1. Install NS-2.35 on your system and initialize a new tcl script.

2. Create the network topology by creating nodes, links, and connections using NS-2.35 commands.

3. Generate traffic sources and define a routing protocol, such as AODV, for the network.

4. Introduce a malicious node in the network topology by adding a new node and configuring it as a blackhole attacker.

5. Configure the blackhole attacker to drop all incoming packets by modifying the routing table of the attacker node.

6. Run the simulation and observe the behavior of the network traffic when it encounters the blackhole attacker.

7. Analyze the results to determine the effectiveness of the network's security measures, such as the detection and prevention of the blackhole attack.

8. Modify the simulation parameters to test different scenarios and optimize the network's security performance.