preimage attacks

A form of preimage attack — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of preimage attack
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