./security/snow, Whitespace steganography program

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Branch: pkgsrc-2021Q2, Version: 20130616, Package name: snow-20130616, Maintainer: agc

Whitespace steganography

The program snow is used to conceal messages in ASCII text by
appending whitespace to the end of lines. Because spaces and tabs are
generally not visible in text viewers, the message is effectively
hidden from casual observers. And if the built-in encryption is used,
the message cannot be read even if it is detected.

What's in a name?

snow exploits the steganographic nature of whitespace. Locating
trailing whitespace in text is like finding a polar bear in a
snowstorm (which, by the way, explains the logo). And it uses the ICE
encryption algorithm, so the name is thematically consistent.

Master sites:

SHA1: b7cc0214d24cef44f50cd9069a0052f8dcd54176
RMD160: e7b37ad12f2f09505f85ae073cfd9e3908a14407
Filesize: 15.83 KB

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