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Steganography vs Cryptography Guide

This document contains a student's name, class, and answers to questions about steganography. It defines steganography as hiding messages in plain sight so that others do not know a hidden message exists. It provides examples of ancient steganography techniques and notes that modern digital steganography can hide messages within digital files like images, audio, or video.

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Steganography vs Cryptography Guide

This document contains a student's name, class, and answers to questions about steganography. It defines steganography as hiding messages in plain sight so that others do not know a hidden message exists. It provides examples of ancient steganography techniques and notes that modern digital steganography can hide messages within digital files like images, audio, or video.

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Name : Razky Gilang Al Fitra

NIM : 12200142

Class : 12.2A.10

MEETING 10 ENGLISH

1. What is a Steganography?
2. Why is Steganography better than Cryptography?
3. What is a Covertext?
4. what is Encryption?
5. What is a Steganalyst?
6. According to the slides, give some examples of the usage of Steganography!
7. The method used by Histiaeus has some weaknesses, explain them.
8. according to the slides, what is the example of the use of Steganography in a computer era?

Answer

1. Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart
from the sender and intended recipient even realizes there is a hidden message, a form of security
through obscurity.

2. The advantage of steganography over cryptography alone is that messages do not attract attention
to themselves, to messengers, or to recipients.

3. Cover text is a text or a messages that is displayed to a user

4. Cover text is a text or a messages that is displayed to a user

5. Steganalyst is Someone who is expert in steganography

6. The Histories of Herodotus. Demaratus sent a warning about a forthcoming attack to Greece by
writing it on a wooden panel and covering it in wax. Another ancient example is that of Histiaeus,
who shaved the head of his most trusted slave and tattooed a message on it. After his hair had
grown the message was hidden. The purpose was to instigate a revolt against the Persians.

7. some of the weaknesses of the Histiaeus method were shaving the head of his most trusted slave
and tattooing the message on it but it took a long time to hide the message for the message to be
hidden.

8. In computer era, steganography can be done by inserting a secret document into other documents.
Any document can be used as a media, for example, text file, picture file, or multimedia files
such as mp3 or video file.

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