English Explanatory Dictionary

preimage attack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

preimage attack preimage attacks
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