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█ (Snowflakes ASCII art by itz aka Ilmarin Karonen.) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ "SNOW (Steganographic Nature Of Whitespace) is a program for concealing ▐▌
█ messages in text files by appending tabs and spaces on the end of lines, ▐▌
█ and for extracting messages from files containing hidden messages. Tabs ▐▌
█ and spaces are invisible to most text viewers, hence the steganographic ▐▌
█ nature of this encoding scheme. And if the built-in encryption is used, ▐▌
█ the message cannot be read even if it is detected." ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Download the latest version of SNOW from here. It's available for most ▐▌
█ OSes; Linux, DOS and even a Java applet. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ I have a text file HERE that has an encrypted secret message in it. ▐▌
█ Even this HTML page you are reading has an encrypted secret message in it. ▐▌
█ Save the text file or this page; right click 'this' and save as if you ▐▌
█ want to decrypt it. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ LINUX: ▐▌
█ `````` ▐▌
█ Prerequisite is GCC to compile SNOW (aptitude install gcc) or Java to use ▐▌
█ the Java applet then you don't need to compile it. ▐▌
█ Check for latest version then download it: ▐▌
█ wget http://www.darkside.com.au/snow/snow-20130616.tar.gz ▐▌
█ tar xvzf snow-20130616.tar.gz && cd snow-20130616 ▐▌
█ Compile it, then you are done: make ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ WINDOWS: ▐▌
█ ```````` ▐▌
█ Download the DOS or Java version, unzip it. I'm using the DOS 32bit v. ▐▌
█ Launch a command prompt window: Press the Windows logo key on your ▐▌
█ keyboard +r to launch Run, then type in the 'Open' drop down window: cmd ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Change to the directory containing SNOW.EXE; for example if it is on D ▐▌
█ drive type in and press enter: D: ▐▌
█ cd D:\Downloads\snwdos32\ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ USAGE: ▐▌
█ `````` ▐▌
█ To conceal the message 'my secret message' with the password 'OpenSesame' ▐▌
█ using the file 'infile' and create 'outfile' with the hidden message: ▐▌
█ ./snow -C -m "my secret message" -p "OpenSesame" infile outfile ▐▌
█ Window users remove './' from the command line. ▐▌
█ Reply might be similar to, if message is long on a small file: ▐▌
█ Compressed by 40.83% ▐▌
█ Message exceeded available space by approximately 21.37%. ▐▌
█ An extra 1 lines were added. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ To decrypt the hidden message: ▐▌
█ ./snow -C -p "OpenSesame" outfile ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ So for example: ▐▌
█ To decrypt my text file above or this page, put either file in the same ▐▌
█ directory as snow (or state full path to the file) then: ▐▌
█ ./snow -C -p "mewbies" snow_example_encrypted.txt ▐▌
█ or ▐▌
█ ./snow -C -p "mewbies" how_to_conceal_a_message_in_a_text_file.htm ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ For more information SNOW's manual is here. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ LINUX SYSTEM WIDE USAGE: ▐▌
█ ```````````````````````` ▐▌
█ If you want to have SNOW available system wide: ▐▌
█ su ▐▌
█ cp snow /usr/local/bin/snow ▐▌
█ exit ▐▌
█ cd ~ ▐▌
█ rm snow-20130616 -rf ▐▌
█ wget http://mewbies.com/steganography/snow/snow_example.txt ▐▌
█ snow -C -m "mewbies hidden easter egg is at http://mewbies.com/e.htm" -p ▐▌
█ "mewbies" snow_example.txt snow_example_encrypted.txt ▐▌
█ snow -C -p "mewbies" snow_example_encrypted.txt ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ WINDOWS SYSTEM WIDE USAGE: ▐▌
█ `````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ If you would like to use SNOW without having to change to its directory ▐▌
█ you only need to: ▐▌
█ 1. Place snow.exe where you want to use it permanently. ▐▌
█ 2. Then follow my tutorial 'How To Set Environment Variables'. ▐▌
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█ //---------------------------------------------------------------------- ▐▌
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█ If you find mistakes, have suggestions, and or questions please post at ▐▌
█ mewbies forum HERE - thank you. ▐▌
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█ Last update on 26 Dec '13 ▐▌
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