full-disclosure - Windows covert channel

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From: Bojan.Zdrnja at LSS.hr (Bojan Zdrnja)
Subject: Windows covert channel

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com 
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of 
> James Kelly
> Sent: Monday, 20 October 2003 12:04 p.m.
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Windows covert channel
> 
> I seem to remember in the dim reaches of my memory a covert 
> channel in 
> the Windows file system where you could paste one file at the end of 
> another without it being detectible when you edited the orginal file.
> 
> 
> can someone aim me at the right "buzz phrase" that describes this so I 
> can Google it further?

You are probably referring to ADS (Alternate Data Stream).
Find more info in this nice paper:

http://patriot.net/~carvdawg/docs/dark_side.html

Regards,

Bojan Zdrnja