Edustega: An education-centric steganography methodology

International Journal of Security and Networks

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 153-173

  Desoky, Abdelrahman ^a  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

Information security; Linguistic steganograpy; Steganography

Indexed keywords

LINGUISTICS; SECURITY OF DATA;

BIT RATES; LINGUISTIC STEGANOGRAPHY;

STEGANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857177856     PISSN: 17478405     EISSN: 17478413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSN.2011.043653     Document Type: Article

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