[ale] encryption/obfuscation (Was: No, wait- Leonard ...)

[Mike Panetta]

Thats it!  Thats exactly the term I was looking for!

Thanks guys, now I may be able to get to sleep tonite ;P

Mike

On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 12:22, Danny Cox wrote:
> All,
> 
> On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 15:09, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> > I _think_ steganography is the technique of hiding a simple text message
> > within a standard graphics format, such as .JPG.  That is, the attachment
> > <foopix.jpg> can be opened within a graphics viewer and, indeed, foopix is
> > displayed, but when opened with different software, the encrypted message
> > is revealed.
> > 
> > But then again I may be wrong.
> 
> 	I think you're right.
> 
> 	I believe the other technique was called "winnowing and chaffing",
> after the process of seperating the wheat from the chaff.  But I thought
> it was adding/removing characters, not words.  It was a while back, and
> I barely remember what I had for breakfast this AM.
> 
> -- 
> kernel, n.: A part of an operating system that preserves the
> medieval traditions of sorcery and black art.
> 
> Danny
> 
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