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Revision as of 18:52, 3 January 2009
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Parent topics
- Cryptanalysis [r]: The sub-field of cryptology which deals with breaking into existing codes and ciphers. [e]
Subtopics
- Man-in-the-middle attack [r]: An attack on a communications system in which the attacker deceives the communicating parties so they both talk to him while believing they are talking to each other. [e]
- Rewrite attack [r]: An attack on a communication system in which the attacker replaces a legitimate message with his own. [e]
- Passive attack [r]: An attack on a communications system in which the attacker reads messages he is not supposed to but does not alter them. [e]