cryptanalyst

Noun

Meaning

decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

decoder dragoman translator lexicographer cryptographer cryptologist

Hypernyms

decoder decipherer

Related terms

cryptanalysis

Examples

A German mathematician and cryptanalyst who tested a number of German cipher machines and found them to be breakable. Source: Internet

A "way to combine multiple block algorithms" so that "a cryptanalyst must break both algorithms" in §15.8 of Applied Cryptography, Second Edition: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C by Bruce Schneier. Source: Internet

Overview Given some encrypted data ( "ciphertext" ), the goal of the cryptanalyst is to gain as much information as possible about the original, unencrypted data ( "plaintext" ). Source: Internet

To a cryptanalyst the messages are then said to be "in depth." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cryptamnesic cryptanalyse cryptanalysis cryptanalytic cryptanalytical cryptanalytically