Siddhibhavati Karmaja

A Seminar Report On
STEGANOGRAPHY
By SATYA SUMAN SAMAL ROLL NO.- 0801111071

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

VEER SURENDRA SAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Formerly University College of Engineering SIDDHI VIHAR, BURLA 768108. [2011-2012]
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A Seminar Report On
STEGANOGRAPHY
In partial fulfilment of requirements for the degree of

Bachelor of Technology In COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

SUBMITTED BY: SATYA SUMAN SAMAL ROLL NO.-0801111071 Under the Guidance of

Er. Kishore Kumar Sahu

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING AND

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY VEER SURENDRA SAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Formerly University College of Engineering SIDDHI VIHAR, BURLA 768108. [2011-2012]
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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the Seminar entitled STEGANOGRAPHY has been submitted by SATYA SUMAN SAMAL under my guidance in partial fulfilment of the degree of Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, during the academic year 2011-2012 (Semester-VII).

Date: 11/11/2011 Place: Burla

Guide (Er. Kishore Kumar Sahu)

Head of Department, CS/IT (Dr. Manas Ranjan Kabat)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I have taken efforts in this seminar. However, it would not have been possible without the kind support and help of many individuals and organizations. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all of them. I wish to express my deep sense of gratitude to my Guide, Professor Kishore Kumar Sahu, for his able guidance and useful suggestions, which helped me in completing the report in time. I would like to express my gratitude towards sirs and teachers of Computer Science and engineering department for their kind co-operation and encouragement which help me in completion of this seminar report Finally, yet importantly, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to my beloved parents for their blessings, my friends and classmates for their help and wishes for the successful completion of this project.

SATYA SUMAN SAMAL

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PAGE INDEX
SL.NO 1. 2. 2.1 3. 3.1 CHAPTER ABSTRACT STEGANOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION HISTORY OF STEGANOGRAPHY EARLY STAGES OF STEGANOGRAPHY TYPES OF STEGANOGRAPHY SUBSTITUTIONAL STEGANOGRAPHY CONSTRUCTIONAL STEGANOGRAPHY SELECTING STEGANOGRAPHY STEGANOGRAPHY AND CRYPTOGRAPHY CHARACTERSTICS OF STEGANOGRAPHY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CRYPTOGRAPHY AND STEGANOGRAPHY BASIC METHODS BEHIND STEGANOGRAPHY BASIC TERMS MECHANISM OF STEGANOGRAPHY
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PAGE NO. 1 2-3 2 4 4

4. 4.1 4.2 4.3

5 5 5 5

5. 5.1 5.2

6-7 6 7

6. 6.1 6.2

8-11 8 9

6.3 6.4 6.5 7. 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4

IMAGE FILES FILE COMPRESSION EMBEDDING DATA CONCEALMENT IN DIGITAL IMAGES INTRODUCTION LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT INSERTION MASKING AND FILTERING ALGORITHMS AND TRANSFORMATIONS LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT INSERTION TECHNIQUE BASICS DATA RATE ROBUSTNESS EASE OF DETECTION/ EXTRACTION SUITABILITY FOR STEGANOGRAPHY OR WATERMARKING PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTION APPLICATION OF STEGANOGRAPHY PROS AND CONS CONCLUSION BIBILIOGRAPHY

9 10 10 12-14 12 12 13 14

8. 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5

15-20 15 15 16 17 17

8.6

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9.

9.1 9.2

21 22 23 24

10. 11.

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TABLE INDEX
Table
8.2 Page No.

PROS AND CONS OF STEGANOGRAPHY

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FIGURE INDEX
Figure Page No.

5.2

MECHANISM OF STEGANOGRAPHY

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