cleartext

Noun

Meaning

cleartext (countable and uncountable, plural cleartexts)

(cryptography) The unencrypted form of an encrypted text; plain text

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An example of this is one-time pad cryptography, where every cleartext bit has a corresponding key from a truly random sequence of key bits. Source: Internet

For SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c, this presents a security risk, in that SNMP read communities will be broadcast in cleartext to the target device. Source: Internet

However any network eavesdropping will expose the cleartext password. Source: Internet

The sub-function to decrypt the content skips the first 4 bytes, suggesting that the first four bytes of the downloaded content is in cleartext (most likely the “FWS” or “CWS” header to look legitimate). Source: Internet

If it is possible to intercept either an originally transmitted cleartext or obtain it through cryptanalysis, the language of the communication and a translation (when needed). Source: Internet

Passwords were stored in cleartext in the database and were extracted through a SQL injection vulnerability. Source: Internet

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