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key stretching

key stretching noun: techniques used to make a key more secure against brute force attacks by increasing the resources needed to test each possible key.

Noun

key stretching (uncountable)

  1. Techniques used to make a key more secure against brute force attacks by increasing the resources needed to test each possible key.

Questions about key stretching

What does key stretching mean?
Key stretching means techniques used to make a key more secure against brute force attacks by increasing the resources needed to test each possible key.
What part of speech is key stretching?
Key stretching is a noun.

Words near key stretching in the dictionary

  1. key signatures
  2. key spoke
  3. key spokes
  4. key stage
  5. key stages
  6. key stretching
  7. key to the city
  8. key to the door
  9. key to the kingdom
  10. key to the midway
  11. key up

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