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Information hiding in SOAP messages: a steganographic method for web services. / Alrouh, Bachar; Almohammad, Adel; Ghinea, Gheorghita.
In: International Journal for Information Security Research (IJISR), Vol. 1, No. 1-2, 03.2011, p. 61-70.

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Alrouh B, Almohammad A, Ghinea G. Information hiding in SOAP messages: a steganographic method for web services. International Journal for Information Security Research (IJISR). 2011 Mar;1(1-2):61-70.

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Alrouh, Bachar ; Almohammad, Adel ; Ghinea, Gheorghita. / Information hiding in SOAP messages : a steganographic method for web services. In: International Journal for Information Security Research (IJISR). 2011 ; Vol. 1, No. 1-2. pp. 61-70.

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