known-plaintext attack (English, noun)
expansion: known-plaintext attack (plural known-plaintext attacks)
Senses:
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
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glosses: An attack on a cryptosystem that relies on the attacker's knowledge of not just some ciphertexts encrypted with that system and key, but also their corresponding plaintexts (cribs). More powerful than a ciphertext-only attack, but less powerful than a chosen-plaintext attack.
Forms:
form: known-plaintext attacks
tags: plural