Cover (telecommunications)

In telecommunications, cover is the technique of concealing or altering the characteristics of communications patterns for the purpose of denying an unauthorized receiver information that would be of value.

Related Topics:
Telecommunications - Communications - Information

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Note: Cover is a process of modulo two addition of a pseudorandom bit stream generated by a cryptographic device with bits from the control message.

Related Topics:
Bit - Cryptographic - Message

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Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188

Related Topics:
Federal Standard 1037C - MIL-STD-188

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