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Citation
Mark Stamp, Martina Simova. "Stealthy ciphertext". Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'05), 2005.

Abstract
To ensure the confidentiality of data, it can be encrypted before it is transmitted. However, most data today is unencrypted. As a result, encrypted data might attract unwanted attention, simply due to the fact that it is encrypted. To avoid such attention, we propose a method of converting ciphertext into data that can pass certain automated tests for English text. Our goal is to foil automated detection methods, and we want to expand the encrypted data as little as possible in the process. Our technique can be considered as a form of steganography.

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  International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'05),
  2005.

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  Mark Stamp, Martina Simova. "Stealthy ciphertext".
  Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Internet
  Computing (ICOMP'05), 2005.

• BibTeX

  @inproceedings{StampSimova05_StealthyCiphertext,
      author = {Mark Stamp and Martina Simova},
      title = {Stealthy ciphertext},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on
                Internet Computing (ICOMP'05)},
      year = {2005},
      abstract = {To ensure the confidentiality of data, it can be
                encrypted before it is transmitted. However, most
                data today is unencrypted. As a result, encrypted
                data might attract unwanted attention, simply due
                to the fact that it is encrypted. To avoid such
                attention, we propose a method of converting
                ciphertext into data that can pass certain
                automated tests for English text. Our goal is to
                foil automated detection methods, and we want to
                expand the encrypted data as little as possible in
                the process. Our technique can be considered as a
                form of steganography.},
      URL = {http://www.truststc.org/pubs/428.html}
  }
  

Posted by Mark Stamp on 18 Aug 2008.
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