"preimage attack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: preimage attacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} preimage attack (plural preimage attacks)
  1. (cryptography) 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. Wikipedia link: en:preimage attack Categories (topical): Cryptography Coordinate_terms: collision attack, second preimage attack Translations (attack on a hash function): alkukuvahyökkäys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-preimage_attack-en-noun-ionghIHR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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