On error-correcting codes for a steganography channel

Author

D´yachkov, A. ; Harnett, D. ; Rykov, V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Probability Theor., Moscow State Univ., Moscow

fYear

2008

fDate

21-25 July 2008

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

57

Abstract

A steganography channel is a method of transmitting hidden data by embedding it into another document in a way that is difficult to detect. In this paper, we analyze a model of data-hiding for communication via noiseless steganography channel by application of error-correcting codes. Two corresponding Shannon theorems are proved, and the average covering radius of a code is discussed as an important parameter for steganography applications. The Shannon theorems generalize the results obtained in D´yachkov (2006) for the binary model.

Keywords

binary codes; cryptography; data encapsulation; error correction codes; Shannon theorems; communication data-hiding; error-correcting codes; noiseless steganography channel; Communication channels; Containers; Error correction codes; Galois fields; Hamming distance; Hydrogen; Mathematics; Region 8; Steganography; USA Councils;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Technologies in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2008. SIBIRCON 2008. IEEE Region 8 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Novosibirsk

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2133-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2134-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIBIRCON.2008.4602619

Filename

4602619