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chosen-plaintext attacks

chosen-plaintext attacks is the plural of chosen-plaintext attack.

Meaning of chosen-plaintext attack

Noun

chosen-plaintext attack (plural chosen-plaintext attacks)

  1. An attack on a cryptosystem that relies on the attacker's ability to choose any plaintext of their liking and encrypt it into the corresponding ciphertext with that system and key. More powerful than a known-plaintext attack but less powerful than a chosen-ciphertext attack.
    Synonyms:
    CPA

Questions about chosen-plaintext attacks

What is chosen-plaintext attacks the plural of?
Chosen-plaintext attacks is the plural of chosen-plaintext attack.

Words near chosen-plaintext attacks in the dictionary

  1. chosen up
  2. chosen violence
  3. chosen-ciphertext attack
  4. chosen-ciphertext attacks
  5. chosen-plaintext attack
  6. chosen-plaintext attacks
  7. chosenhood
  8. chosenite
  9. chosenites
  10. chosenness
  11. choseong

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