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preimage attacks

preimage attacks is the plural of preimage attack.

Meaning of preimage attack

Noun

preimage attack (plural preimage attacks)

  1. 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.

Questions about preimage attacks

What is preimage attacks the plural of?
Preimage attacks is the plural of preimage attack.

Words near preimage attacks in the dictionary

  1. preilluminates
  2. preilluminating
  3. preillumination
  4. preimage
  5. preimage attack
  6. preimage attacks
  7. preimages
  8. preimaginal
  9. preimagine
  10. preimagined
  11. preimagines

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