Syntax and Semantics-Preserving Application-Layer Protocol Steganography

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 3200, Issue , 2004, Pages 164-179

  Lucena, Norka B ^a   Pease, James ^a   Yadollahpour, Payman ^a   Chapin, Steve J ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application protocols; Semantics; SSH; Steganography; Syntax

Indexed keywords

INTERNET PROTOCOLS; STEGANOGRAPHY; SYNTACTICS; SEMANTICS;

APPLICATION LAYER PROTOCOLS; APPLICATION PROTOCOLS; BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS; EMBEDDINGS; NATIONAL DEFENCE; NETWORK CONTROL PROTOCOLS; PROTOCOL STEGANOGRAPHY; SECURE SHELL; SYNTAX; UNOBSERVABLE; NATIONAL DEFENSE; STEGANOGRAPHIC SYSTEM;

SEMANTICS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 33746066591     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-30114-1_12     Document Type: Article

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