rubber-hose cryptanalysis

Noun

rubber-hose cryptanalysis (uncountable)

1. (euphemistic) The extraction of cryptographic secrets by coercion or torture.
   • We have shown that GNUnet is vulnerable to rubber-hose cryptanalysis, but we additionally have presented an efficient content filter for GNUnet. If content filtering is legally enforced, censoring GNUnet is possible at a very large scale.2003, Dennis Kügler, “An Analysis of GNUnet”, in Privacy Enhancing Technologies: Third International Workshop, edited by Roger Dingledine, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 175
   • Catherine scooted out of the way, giving Terry access to the keyboard. With a labored sigh, Terry began searching the encrypted text. “I could try a ciphertext-only attack,” he mumbled to no one in particular. “Then again,” he glared at the attacker and continued, “I could always try rubber-hose...2005, Ryan Russell, Peter A Riley, Jay Beale, Chris Hurley, Tom Parker, Brian Hatch, Stealing the Network: How to Own an Identity: How to Own an Identity, Syngress, →ISBN, page 279