Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

Term: traffic padding
Definition: a function that generates a continuous stream of random data or ciphertext, thus making it (1) very difficult for an attacker to distinguish between true data flow and noise; and (2) making it very difficult to deduce the amount of traffic.

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