2011/04/17 by Wojciech Fraczek, Wojciech Frączek, Wojciech Mazurczyk +4 · 1 voice
Computer Science · #Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques #Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting #Network Security and Intrusion Detection #cs.CR
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1104.3333
12 pages, 17 figures, 2 tables
arxiv created 2011/04/17 · openalex publication_date 2011/04/17 · arxiv published 2011/04/17 · arxiv updated 2011/04/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The STCP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) is a candidate for a new transport layer protocol that may replace the TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and the UDP (User Datagram Protocol) protocols in future IP networks. Currently, the SCTP is implemented in, or can be added to, many popular operating systems (Windows, BSD, Linux, HPUX or Sun Solaris). This paper identifies and presents all possible "places" where hidden information can be exchanged using an SCTP. The paper focuses mostly on proposing new steganographic methods that can be applied to an SCTP and that can utilise new, characteristic SCTP features, such as multi-homing and multi-streaming. Moreover, for each method, the countermeasure is covered. When used with malicious intent, a method may pose a threat to network security. Knowledge about potential SCTP steganographic methods may be used as a supplement to RFC5062, which describes security attacks in an SCTP protocol. Presented in this paper is a complete analysis of information hiding in an SCTP, and this analysis can be treated as a "guide" when developing steganalysis (detection) tools.