"second preimage attack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: second preimage attacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} second preimage attack (plural second preimage attacks)
  1. (cryptography) An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a second preimage for a hash and its preimage; that is, given a hash and an input that has that specific hash, it is able to find (faster than by brute force) another input with the same hash. Wikipedia link: en:second preimage attack Categories (topical): Cryptography Synonyms: second-preimage attack Coordinate_terms: collision attack, preimage attack Translations (attack on a hash function): toinen alkukuva -hyökkäys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-second_preimage_attack-en-noun-~pkHIwQz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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