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Transparent Session-Layer Steganography

Supervisor

Suitable for

MSc in Computer Science
Computer Science, Part B
Mathematics and Computer Science, Part C
Computer Science and Philosophy, Part C
Computer Science, Part C

Abstract

Steganography means hiding a hidden payload within an apparently-innocent cover, usually an item of digital media. This project is to implement a transparent proxy which uses something like a webcam video stream to hide steganographic packets. A local process should receive communication on a local socket and merge it with the webcam data stream, a process which can be reversed at the receiver.

Prerequisites: It is necessary to have some experience working with video codecs, for example experience contributing to the H.264/5 codec, in order to place the payload in a webcam stream. It is definitely NOT possible to learn the format within the time available. Don't ask if it is possible to read up on it instead: it isn't.