Thursday, October 19, 2017

What is steganography? How to perform steganography without using any software

What is Steganography : 

It is the art of hiding secret message inside ordinary message (which has no meaning). Steganography is alternate to encryption. Steganography is the useful technique to achieve computer security or information security.

In encryption the message to be kept secret (which is in plaintext/readable format) is applied to encryption algorithm and as a result of encryption algorithm the plaintext message get converted into ciphertext (ciphertext is the text which is not readable and understandable) and transmitted to destination.

If there is a person who capture the transmission media and who is able to sniff the messages in transit then the secret message in ciphertext form may attract to that third person. Ciphertext are point of attractions since it don’t have meaning, so the ultimate aim of attacker is to understand the ciphertext.