chosen-plaintext attack

noun

Definitions

  1. An attack on a cryptosystem that relies on the attacker's ability to choose any plaintext…

    An attack on a cryptosystem that relies on the attacker's ability to choose any plaintext of their liking and encrypt it into the corresponding ciphertext with that system and key. More powerful than a known-plaintext attack but less powerful than a chosen-ciphertext attack.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chosen-plaintext attack. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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