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preimage attack

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
preim-age at-tack
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a preimage for a hash; that is, it is able to determine (faster than by brute force) some input that results in a known hash when passed through the algorithm.

Inflected Forms

preimage attacks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

collision attack second preimage attack

Questions

What does preimage attack mean?
An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a preimage for a hash; that is, it is able to determine (faster than by brute force) some input that results in a known hash when passed through the algorithm.

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