preimage attack
English
Noun
preimage attack (plural preimage attacks)Category:English lemmas#PREIMAGEATTACKCategory:English nouns#PREIMAGEATTACKCategory:English countable nouns#PREIMAGEATTACKCategory:English multiword terms#PREIMAGEATTACKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PREIMAGEATTACKCategory:Pages with entries#PREIMAGE%20ATTACKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PREIMAGE%20ATTACK
- (cryptographyCategory:en:Cryptography#PREIMAGEATTACK) 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.
Coordinate terms
Translations
attack on a hash function
