Lightweight Network Steganography for Distributed Electronic Warfare System Communications

This paper presents the application of a modified implementation of the StegBlocks TCP method as part of the Distributed Electronic Warfare System. The existing system is not equipped with a secure information communication mechanism for transmission between assimilated hosts and from hosts back to the server. The method implemented utilizes network steganography to provide covert data transmission through the network using network packets. The proposed implementation is compared to another implementation of the same method on the aspects of the implementations’ usability, versatility, and applicability. Discussion on how the proposed implementation is more suitable than the alternate implementation is presented. Future proposed improvements to the implementation are also discussed.