English Explanatory Dictionary

covert channel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A means of transferring information objects between processes that are not supposed to be allowed to communicate according to the security policy.

Word forms

covert channel covert channels

Etymology

The term was introduced in 1973 by Butler Lampson.

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