A symmetric key distribution protocol utilizing network steganography

• Main Authors: De La Cerna, Methuselah Galagar, Valera, Luis Angelo De La Cruz, Betito, Bernice Marie Martinez
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Cryptography; Data encryption (Computer science); Information Security
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_comtech/5; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=etdb_comtech
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study explores network steganography techniques in implementing a symmetric key distribution protocol. The implemented design used the Overflow Field of an IP Timestamp Option as a covert channel to carry the symmetric key. The researchers developed Steganogram Receiver and Sender programs to s...