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I include this book because compression is almost always an important step prior to
encryption for improved security and speed. Indeed, any modern crypto system that
produces compressible output should be considered suspect. Also, anyone wishing to
embark on stego will need to understand how their covers are compressed.
Although techy at points (i.e. Fourier stuff), the book should be consulted for concepts only, and not for
developing code (even thought the title indicates otherwise). It covers standard
coding theory, dictionaries, adaptive approaches, and wavelets, with respect to images,
audio, and video. A nice 40 page section in the back details important compression
related patents.
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Cryptography of Shakespeare, The: Part I
Arensberg, Walter Conrad. 1922. 280 pages.
Categories: Literature, Steganography |
Somehow I doubt a "Part Two" was ever made. The book argues that Francis Bacon is the true
author of the works of Shakespeare. He provides page after excruciating page of hand computed
acrostics, demonstrating how the word BACON appears throughout Shakespeare's works. More proof
that people have a need to see patterns where they don't exist.
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Cryptomenytics and Cryptography of Gustavus Selenus in Nine Books, The
Selenus, Gustavus / Walden, John William Henry (Translator). 1624 (Currently out of print).
Categories: Newly Added Books, Pen and Paper, Steganography |
The online translation (along with the original Latin) is fascinating read. This work is from a time when well guarded formalized insights into cryptography and steganography were still considered by many to be powerful mystic arts. It is an illustrated blending of cryptography, steganography, and poetry. Frequent reference to the steganography of Johannes Trithemius is made throughout the text. Would that all cryptography books began with the following: "Let no one read unwilling, for such I’ve written not; For him my page is written, to whom it gives delight."
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Disappearing Cryptography: Being and Nothingness on the Net
Wayner, Peter. 1996, 1st edition. 306 pages.
Note: I have not read the newer 2nd edition (release date May 2002).
Categories: Steganography |
Disappearing Cryptography details techniques on hiding information (steganography),
hiding communications (thwarting traffic analysis), sharing secrets (threshold
cryptography) and deniability. Small sections of this book seem impractical,
but on the whole it is quite interesting and a worthy read. You don't need much
of a computer science background to understand this book. When faced with the
occasional equation, you can skip it without missing anything important.
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Information Hiding: Steganography and Watermarking - Attacks and Countermeasures (Advances in Information Security, Volume 1)
Johnson, Neil F. / Duric, Zoran / Jajodia, Sushil G. 2001. 160 pages.
Categories: Cryptanalysis, Mathematics, Steganography |
Gets a thumbs up even though it is expensive for size (137 pages), and its choice of stego tools were out of date even when the book was published. However, it redeems itself with its gentle introduction to stego and its analysis of signatures left by particular stego tools (steganalysis). Very few books deal with steganalysis, and information on this topic has been traditionally hard to find (no thanks to Fravia hiding all the juicy details).
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Information Hiding: Techniques for Steganography and Digital Watermarking
Katzenbeisser, Stefan / Petitcolas, Fabien A. P. 2000. 220 pages.
Categories: Steganography |
This book is an excellent overview of a great number of stealthy steganographic and robust
watermarking techniques for use in nearly all kinds of electronic media. It is diverse, but
well organized, and I hope they will keep it up to date with developments in this quickly
evolving arena. You will need a solid background in statistics and some calculus to fully
understand this text.
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Information Hiding: 2nd Workshop, IH'98 Portland, Oregon, USA, April 1998 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1525)
Aucsmith, David (Editor). 1998. 368 pages.
Categories: Conference Proceedings, Steganography |
Haven't finished reading this book yet.
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Information Hiding: 3rd International Workshop, Ih'99 Dresden, Germany, September 29-October 1, 1999 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 17)
Pfitzmann, Andreas (Editor). 2000. 489 pages.
Categories: Conference Proceedings, Steganography |
Haven't finished reading this book yet.
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Information Hiding: 4th International Workshop, IH 2001 Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 2001 Proceedings (LNCS 2137)
Moskowitz, Ira S. (Editor). 2001. 412 pages.
Categories: Conference Proceedings, Steganography |
Haven't finished reading this book yet.
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