stegedetect & Variola's Suitcase

[Tyler Durden]

So here's the 'obvious' question:

How fast can dedicated hardware run if it were a dedicated Stegedetect 
processor?

In other words, how easy would it be for NSA, et al to scan 'every' photo on 
the internet for Stego traces? (And then, every photo being emailed?)

And then, how fast can someone write a worm that will make every photo 
stored on a harddrive look like it's been stegoed?

-TD


>From: Sunder <sunder at sunder.net>
>To: cypherpunks at al-qaeda.net
>Subject: stegedetect - looks like "we" need better mice
>Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 05:53:08 -0400 (edt)
>
>http://freshmeat.net/projects/stegdetect/?branch_id=52957&release_id=172055
>
>http://www.outguess.org/detection.php
>
>Steganography Detection with Stegdetect
>Stegdetect is an automated tool for detecting steganographic content in
>images. It is capable of detecting several different steganographic
>methods to embed hidden information in JPEG images. Currently, the
>detectable schemes are
>
>     * jsteg,
>     * jphide (unix and windows),
>     * invisible secrets,
>     * outguess 01.3b,
>     * F5 (header analysis),
>     * appendX and camouflage.
>
>Stegbreak is used to launch dictionary attacks against JSteg-Shell, JPHide
>and OutGuess 0.13b.
>
>Stegdetect and Stegbreak have been developed by Niels Provos.
>
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