second preimage attack

Noun

Meaning

second preimage attack (plural second preimage attacks)

(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.

second-preimage attack (plural second-preimage attacks)

Alternative form of second preimage attack

Alternative names

second-preimage attack

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