passive attack (English, noun)
expansion: passive attack (plural passive attacks)
Senses:
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An attack in which the cryptanalyst cannot interact with any of the parties involved, attempting to break the system solely based upon observed data such as ciphertext.
topics: games
gaming
glosses: A damaging effect that is caused by an object or character when another character interacts with it.
Forms:
form: passive attacks
tags: plural