An Efficient Technique of Steganography

Latika, Yogita Gulati

Abstract: This paper presents a Steganography Technique that uses DES (Data Encryption Algorithm), to encipher and decipher the blocks of data, which is based on symmetric key algorithm that uses a 56 bit key. By applying this algorithm we have developed an application that helps the user to hide their secret or a confidential data. Along with it we have used a compression technique that will increase the storage capacity.

Keywords: Steganography, DES Data Encryption Standard, Cryptography, conceal system, extraction, embedding, symmetric key, encryption, decryption, cipher text, symmetric key