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MySteg 1.0
By JF Software - Joshua Foster
http://www.jfsoftware.net
joshua_70448@ureach.com
June 4, 2003
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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* Introduction
* Encoding Text
* Decoding Text
* How to Contact


INTRODUCTION
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MySteg is my attempt at the art of steganography (hiding messages in pictures).
Unlike my ColorEncoder program, which converts text to static, this program hides
the text in a normal picture, so that it looks as though no text is hidden.


ENCODING TEXT
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First, click the LOAD IMAGE button to load a picture into the program.  Use a
24-bit bitmap picture for this.  Next, type your message into the Text box.  Type
your password into the Password box.  Try to use a variety of different letters and
numbers.  Select an Interference Level for your message.  Level 1 hides the least
amount of text but doesn't "mess up" the picture very much.  Level 24 will hide the
most text, but completely covers the picture with static.  Basically, anything
above Level 4 is noticable.  Below the Interference Level is the "Actual Max Chars"
figure.  This shows you about how many characters your message can be.  This number
depends on your password and interference level.  Click the APPLY MESSAGE button to
apply your message to the image.  The green indicator bar will show you the current
progress.  If you get a box saying "Unable to apply all text", then your message
was too long for your settings.  The actual amount of text is displayed in the Text
box.  Otherwise, all of the text was applied.  Either way, the image displayed in
the program has been encoded.  You can save this image by clicking the SAVE IMAGE
button, or reset the image to its loaded state by clicking the RESET IMAGE button.


DECODING TEXT
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To decode an encoded picture, click the LOAD IMAGE button to load the picture into
the program.  Next, type the correct password into the Password box.  Finally,
click the READ MESSAGE button to read the message from the image into the Text box.
If the password is incorrect, then a box will appear telling you that "No message
found!".  If you click the "Show all characters" box, then every character, whether
or not the password is correct, will be shown.  Note that if the password is wrong,
then the text will be garbled junk.  Currently, this only works for interference
Level 1.


HOW TO CONTACT
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Contact name: Joshua Foster
Email: joshua_70448@ureach.com
Webpage: http://www.jfsoftware.net