Title
On the (un)reliability of eavesdropping
Abstract
We investigate the reliability of current generation eavesdropping tools and show that obtaining 'high fidelity' transcripts is harder than previously assumed. Even in situations highly favourable to the eavesdropper, simple unilateral countermeasures are shown to be sufficient to prevent all tested systems from reliably reconstructing communicated messages. Less than a third of the tested systems report irregularities, and 45% incorrectly interpret covertext chosen by the sending party. Unlike cryptography or steganography, the techniques introduced require no cooperation by the communicating parties and, in some case, can be employed entirely by a third party not involved in the communication at all.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1504/IJSN.2008.017223
IJSN
Keywords
Field
DocType
eavesdropping,electronic interception,current generation eavesdropping tool,eavesdropping countermeasures,network anti-forensics,systems report irregularity,high fidelity,simple unilateral countermeasures,network forensics,security
High fidelity,Steganography,Fidelity,Eavesdropping,Network forensics,Cryptography,Computer security,Computer science,Computer network,Third party,Electronic countermeasure
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
3
2
9
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.47
14
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eric Cronin124714.54
Micah Sherr262544.49
matt blaze33189381.70