Relevance of Steganography, in General, and Graph Theoretic Approach in Particular, in Indian Security Concern and Measure
Vinay Kumar, Sunil Kumar Muttoo · 2008
A tool finds different usage in different hands. All usage may or may not be good for the civilized world. The case is same with a technology too. Steganography is not an exception. In this paper, we present how steganography (covert communication) can be both bane and boon for a nation, particularly in the context of the hostile situation we are living in. Steganography is a science of hiding information with the purpose of retaining privacy and secrecy of the information. In a utopian state, there is no need for any covert communication. The availability of large resources in the form of audio, video, graphs and general texts and their suitability to be used as cover object in steganography has posed an enormous threats and challenges to those involved in maintaining external security and internal law and order in any nation. The paper suggests some measures to tackle the possible menace due to this technology and risk involved in ignoring or delaying the due consideration that this science needs to be given.