Eccouncil Exam 212-81 Topic 4 Question 8 Discussion

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What is a "Collision attack" in cryptography?

ACollision attacks try to break the hash into three parts to get the plaintext value

BCollision attacks try to get the public key

CCollision attacks try to break the hash into two parts, with the same bytes in each part to get the private key

DCollision attacks try to find two inputs producing the same

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Collision attacks try to find two inputs producing the same

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_attack

A collision attack on a cryptographic hash tries to find two inputs producing the same hash value, i.e. a hash collision. This is in contrast to a preimage attack where a specific target hash value is specified.

by Lorrie at Sep 20, 2022, 09:20 PM

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