Patent ID: 9626522
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of evaluating a network entity comprising: (a) providing computing hardware with a network interface that enables data transmission from a sending agent; (b) providing computing hardware with a network interface that enables data reception for a receiving agent; (c) providing a test subject asserting efficacy related to steganograms; (d) providing a network interconnecting said sending agent to said receiving agent; (e) selecting two or more covert channels from a group of covert channels for network steganographic integration; (f) encoding a covert message within an overt packet to create a steganogram using said network steganographic integration; (g) transmitting said steganogram from the sending agent to the receiving agent; (h) decoding said steganogram using said network steganographic integration to extract said covert message; and (i) executing a network steganographic assessment of said test subject based on said decoding, whereby an operator determines the network steganographic effectiveness of said test subject.