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[ NNSquad ] Re: Use of steganography to evade censorship


>      Like I've said in the past, bad crypto can be much worse than no
>      crypto!  

Encode well or do not encode at all.  In transmitting cleartext, you give only a 
piece of information to the enemy, and you know what it is; in encoding badly, 
you permit him to read all your correspondence and that of your friends.  

                 - Marcel Givierge on improper crypto implementation

Steganography has, recently, generated interest far out of any proportion to its 
real significance.  At heart it is security by obscurity, and is, therefore, inherently 
unworkable.  Or, if you want a specific crypto reason not to use it, try Kerckhoffs' 
Law: you cannot rely on the secrecy of a crypto algorithm.  You must secure the 
key.

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