chosen-plaintext attack (English, noun)
expansion: chosen-plaintext attack (plural chosen-plaintext attacks)
Senses:
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: chosen-plaintext attacks
tags: plural