@inproceedings{81e984317f5a4e06ac27ee47fcc6d8f8,
title = "Traceroute based IP channel for sending hidden short messages",
abstract = "The paper proposes a novel IP channel for sending hidden short messages, based mainly on the use of the {"}traceroute{"} command and the IP header Record route options. Instead of encrypting a hidden message or embedding it into a multimedia object, as in traditional multimedia steganography, we process the entire message and generate several IP packets with different types to carry the secret message. Thereby we foil an eavesdropper who is primarily applying statistical tests to detect encrypted communication channels. We show that our approach provides more protection against Steganalysis and sniffing attacks. A friendly graphical tool has been implemented to demonstrate the proposed secret IP channel.",
keywords = "Covert channel, Hidden information, IP header Record route option, Steganalysis, Traceroute",
author = "Zouheir Trabelsi and Hesham El-Sayed and Lilia Frikha and Tamer Rabie",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1007/11908739_30",
language = "English",
isbn = "3540476997",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "421--436",
booktitle = "Advances in Information and Computer Security - First International Workshop on Security, IWSEC 2006, Proceedings",
note = "1st International Workshop on Security, IWSEC 2006 ; Conference date: 23-10-2006 Through 24-10-2006",
}