Steganography 6.1

Question 1

Obfuscation

Answer 1

The process of making something unclear. It’s not difficult to read if you know how. You can make source code difficult to read, but it wont change the functionality of the code. You can hide information inside an image. This is called Steganography.

Question 2

Steganography

Answer 2

This is hiding a message in an image. This is security through obscurity. The container document or file is called the “Covertext”.

Question 3

Common Steganography Techniques

Answer 3

Many ways to obfuscate data. You can imbed messages inside network packets themselves and use specialized software to be able to retrieve the message. You can imbed a message inside an image, or even use it in a laser printer.