chosen-plaintext attack
English
Noun
chosen-plaintext attack (plural chosen-plaintext attacks)Category:English lemmas#CHOSENPLAINTEXTATTACKCategory:English nouns#CHOSENPLAINTEXTATTACKCategory:English countable nouns#CHOSENPLAINTEXTATTACKCategory:English multiword terms#CHOSENPLAINTEXTATTACKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHOSENPLAINTEXTATTACKCategory:Pages with entries#CHOSEN-PLAINTEXT%20ATTACKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CHOSEN-PLAINTEXT%20ATTACK
- (cryptographyCategory:en:Cryptography#CHOSENPLAINTEXTATTACK) An attack on a cryptosystem that relies on the attacker's ability to choose any plaintext of their liking and encrypt it into the corresponding ciphertext with that system and key. More powerful than a known-plaintext attack but less powerful than a chosen-ciphertext attack.
Synonyms
- CPA (initialism)