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second-preimage attack

second-preimage attack is the alternative form of second preimage attack.

Meaning of second preimage attack

Noun

second preimage attack (plural second preimage attacks)

  1. An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a second preimage for a hash and its preimage; that is, given a hash and an input that has that specific hash, it is able to find (faster than by brute force) another input with the same hash.

Forms of second-preimage attack

pluralsecond-preimage attacks

Questions about second-preimage attack

What is second-preimage attack the alternative form of?
Second-preimage attack is the alternative form of second preimage attack.

Words near second-preimage attack in the dictionary

  1. second-person duals
  2. second-person plural
  3. second-person plurals
  4. second-person singular
  5. second-person singulars
  6. second-preimage attack
  7. second-preimage attacks
  8. second-rate
  9. second-rater
  10. second-raters
  11. second-rates

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