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Byzantine attack

Byzantine attack noun: a type of attack involving multiple nodes collaborating to disrupt the network.

Noun

Byzantine attack (plural Byzantine attacks)

  1. (computer security) A type of attack involving multiple nodes collaborating to disrupt the network.
    • Finally, the Byzantine attack raises the problem of reaching a consensus among nodes when an unknown number of them maybe traitors.2005, Jie Wu, Handbook on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-Peer Networks, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 835
    • Four main Byzantine attacks include “Black Holes,” “Flood Rushing,” “Wormholes,” and “Overlay Network Wormholes” [10].2010, Yang Xiao, Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 125

Forms of Byzantine attack

pluralByzantine attacks

Questions about Byzantine attack

What does Byzantine attack mean?
Byzantine attack means a type of attack involving multiple nodes collaborating to disrupt the network.
What part of speech is Byzantine attack?
Byzantine attack is a noun.
What is the plural of Byzantine attack?
The plural of Byzantine attack is Byzantine attacks.

Words near Byzantine attack in the dictionary

  1. Byzantiac
  2. Byzantian
  3. Byzantians
  4. byzantievite
  5. byzantine
  6. Byzantine attack
  7. Byzantine attacks
  8. Byzantine Empire
  9. Byzantine fault tolerance
  10. Byzantine fault tolerances
  11. Byzantine fire

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