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known-plaintext attack

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
known--plain-tex-t at-tack
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

known-plaintext attacks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ciphertext-only attack chosen-plaintext attack chosen-ciphertext attack

Synonyms

KPA

Questions

What does known-plaintext attack mean?
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.

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