TRAFFIC FLOW SECURITY

1. The protection resulting from features, inherent in some cryptoequipment, that conceal the presence of valid messages on a communications circuit ; normally achieved by causing the circuit to appear busy at all times. [After JP1 ] 2. Measures used to conceal the presence of valid messages in an on-line cryptosystem or secure communications system . Note: Encryption of sending and receiving addresses and causing the circuit to appear busy at all times by sending dummy traffic are two methods of traffic-flow security . A more common method is to send a continuous encrypted signal , whether or not traffic is being transmitted.