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An 802.11 MAC layer covert channel

Calhoun Jr et al., 2012

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1510281243443959312
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Calhoun Jr T
Cao X
Li Y
Beyah R
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Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

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For extremely sensitive applications, it may be advantageous for users to transmit certain types of data covertly over the network. This provides an additional layer of security to that provided by the different layers of the protocol stack. In this paper we present a covert side …
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