Steghide

Steganography Tutorial Website

This project is a simple HTML/CSS website that demonstrates how to use steghide to embed and extract hidden messages from images. The tutorial provides step-by-step instructions, accompanied by screenshots and a GIF to visually illustrate the process.

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Screenshots
• GIF Summary
• How to Run the Project
• Technologies Used
• Instructions
• License

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Overview

The purpose of this website is to provide a visual guide on using steghide, a steganography tool that allows you to hide files within images. This can be useful for hiding sensitive information in plain sight. The website showcases the following steps:

1. Embedding a text file into an image.
2. Verifying the embedded data in the image.
3. Extracting the hidden text from the image.
4. Displaying the extracted message.

Screenshots

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Embedding Data into an Image

   

   • Command: steghide embed -cf cvr.jpg -ef emb.txt

2. Checking the Embedded Data

• Command: steghide info cat.jpg

1. Extracting the Hidden Message

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   • Command: steghide extract -sf cat.jpg -xf embeddedmessage.txt

2. Viewing the Extracted Message

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   • Command: cat embeddedmessage.txt

GIF Summary

To provide a quick overview of the process, a GIF is included to demonstrate the entire workflow from embedding to extracting a message.

How to Run the Project

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/steganography-tutorial-website.git
   

2. Open the index.html file in your browser to view the website.

Technologies Used

• HTML: Structuring the content.
• CSS: Styling and layout of the tutorial sections.
• Steghide: A command-line tool for steganography, used to embed and extract hidden files within images.

Instructions

To follow this tutorial, you’ll need to have steghide installed on your system. Here’s a summary of the commands used in this project:

1. Embed a Text File:

   steghide embed -cf cvr.jpg -ef emb.txt
   

   This command hides emb.txt inside cvr.jpg.

2. Verify Embedded Data:

   steghide info cat.jpg
   

   This command checks if there’s hidden data in cat.jpg.

3. Extract Hidden Data:

   steghide extract -sf cat.jpg -xf embeddedmessage.txt
   

   This command extracts the hidden file as embeddedmessage.txt from cat.jpg.

4. Display Extracted Message:

   cat embeddedmessage.txt
   

   This command shows the content of the extracted file.

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.