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  • The protection that results from those features in some crypto-equipment that conceal the presence of valid messages on a communications circuit. This is usually done by causing the circuit to appear busy at all times, or by encrypting the source and destination addresses of valid messages. (FIPS PUB 39; AR 380-380) 2. The capability of certain on-line, machine cryptosystems to conceal the presence of valid traffic. (NCSC-9)