# Stenography **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 5, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stenography/181099 "2010-01-05T14:42:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stenography/181099/1 "2010-01-05T14:42:35Z")
Hello. Is the following problem: write stenography information literally in the BMP file. How can this be achieved in Ruby? ---
**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stenography/181099/2 "2010-01-05T15:57:07Z")
On Jan 5, 8:42 am, Alexander A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ## Hello. Is the following problem: write stenography information literally in the BMP file. How can this be achieved in Ruby? > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. stenography is writing in short-hand Are you trying to capture a picture of such text? Or are you trying to hide info in a picture (steganography)? ---
**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stenography/181099/3 "2010-01-05T16:00:02Z")
Il giorno 05/gen/2010, alle ore 15.55, Chris H. ha scritto: > Cool! I hope there steganography gem around XD Simone D’Amico \*nix powered removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stenography/181099/4 "2010-01-05T16:02:16Z")
I need - Or are you trying to hide info in a picture (steganography). ---
**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stenography/181099/5 "2010-01-05T16:55:38Z")
On Jan 5, 10:02 am, Alexander A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ## I need - Or are you trying to hide info in a picture (steganography). > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. A quick Google didn’t turn up any Ruby libs but I did find this: “[http://magdalena.thedarkmere.net/~beau/COT4810](http://magdalena.thedarkmere.net/~beau/COT4810) Final Paper Grantham.pdf” looks like he used Ruby cheers ---
**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stenography/181099/6 "2010-01-05T17:16:57Z")
Chris H. wrote: > On Jan 5, 10:02�am, Alexander A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > wrote: > > > ## I need - Or are you trying to hide info in a picture (steganography). > > > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > A quick Google didn’t turn up any Ruby libs but I did find this: > “[http://magdalena.thedarkmere.net/~beau/COT4810](http://magdalena.thedarkmere.net/~beau/COT4810) Final Paper > Grantham.pdf” > Your link something does not work :(. ---
**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stenography/181099/7 "2010-01-05T20:36:13Z")
Gregory Biasky wrote: > Chris H. wrote: > > > On Jan 5, 10:02�am, Alexander A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > wrote: > > > > > ## I need - Or are you trying to hide info in a picture (steganography). > > > > > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > A quick Google didn’t turn up any Ruby libs but I did find this: > > “[http://magdalena.thedarkmere.net/~beau/COT4810](http://magdalena.thedarkmere.net/~beau/COT4810) Final Paper > > Grantham.pdf” > > Your link something does not work :(. Replace spaces with %20 to make a valid URL. > **[COT4810%20Final%20Paper%20Grantham.pdf](https://magdalena.thedarkmere.net/~beau/COT4810%20Final%20Paper%20Grantham.pdf)** > > 2.00 MB ---
**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stenography/181099/8 "2010-01-05T20:58:33Z")
> > Your link something does not work :(. > > Try this link: > (d’oh, my bad: this is the proper one: > [http://magdalena.thedarkmere.net/~beau/COT4810%20Final%20Paper%20Grantham.pdf](http://magdalena.thedarkmere.net/~beau/COT4810%20Final%20Paper%20Grantham.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stenography/181099/9 "2010-01-05T20:47:26Z")
> Your link something does not work :(. Try this link: [http://magdalena.thedarkmere.net/~beau/COT4810%2520Final%2520Paper%2520Grantham.pdf](http://magdalena.thedarkmere.net/~beau/COT4810%2520Final%2520Paper%2520Grantham.pdf) -Jonathan N.