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Overt Channel

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Communications path within a computer system or network designed for the authorized transfer of data. See Covert Channel.

MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Classifications

Entity Type

Network0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

—60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

—50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

plural
Overt Channels
possessive
Overt Channel's
pluralpossessive
Overt Channels'