Undercover communication using image and text as disguise and countermeasures

Journal of Shanghai University

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-43

  Wang, Shuo Zhong ^a   Chen, Chao ^a   Zhang, Xin Peng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

covert communication; information hiding; security; steganalysis; steganography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867951498     PISSN: 10076417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11741-006-0102-x     Document Type: Review

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