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Proposed Method to Hide Text Inside HTML Web Page File
Prof.
Dr. Ala’a H. Al-Hamami*
Mazin S. Al-Hakeem**
Mohammed A. Al-Hamami*
*
Al-Rafidain University College, Computer Science Dept.
**
Iraqi Commission For Computer and Informatics, Informatics of
Postgraduate Studies.
Abstract:
Steganography provides for the embedding of information in a block of
host data in conditions where perceptible modification of the host
data is intolerable. Steganographic techniques are highly dependent on
the character of the host data.
A technique for embedding information in image makes subtle changes in
hue, while a method for embedding information in audio data could
exploit the limitations of the human ear by encoding the encapsulated
information in inaudible frequency ranges. Current implementations of
textual Steganography exploit tolerances in typesetting by making
minute changes in line placement and kerning in order to encapsulate
hidden information, making them vulnerable to simple retype setting
attacks.
In this research we present a method to hide text in HTML Web page
files using HTML characteristics without given suspicious to the
hidden data. The embedding process and the extracting process needs
keys to embed and extract hidden data.
Two improvements are suggested to conceal the existence of the secret
message and these are Encryption and Fooling the search engine.
Keywords:
HTML
Web Page, HTML tags, tag’s attribute, secret data, extract data,
cover-text,
stego-text, Web page background, Web page text color, Meta-tags,
Robots/Index META element, Encrypt Secret Data.
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