@inproceedings{d1bafab617324f6dbef742e649726e0e,
title = "PSCAN: A Port Scanning Network Covert Channel",
abstract = "This paper introduces PSCAN, a port scanning-based network covert channel that violates non-discretionary system security policy that does not allow data transfer from a given process (the sender) to another given process (the receiver). Using PSCAN, the sender opens and closes network ports in a way that encodes covert data. The receiver performs a synchronized port scanning procedure on the sender's host to determine which ports are open and which ones are closed then decodes the data. The paper defines the covert channel and analyzes its data rate, stealthiness, and robustness. In addition, the paper investigates countermeasures against the channel.",
keywords = "covert channel, information hiding, network security, port scanning",
author = "Mohamed, {Emad Eldin} and Mnaouer, {Adel Ben} and Ezedin Barka",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.; 41st IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2016 ; Conference date: 07-11-2016 Through 10-11-2016",
year = "2016",
month = dec,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1109/LCN.2016.109",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "631--634",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 41st Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2016",
}