Cryptographic Attacks Flashcards by Maximilian Ernst

Q

What is exploited by Meet-in-the-middle attacks?

A

protocols that use two rounds of encryption (e.g. 2DES)

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Q

What is the goal of a Birthday attack?

A

finding collisions in hash functions

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Q

What is the goal of a Replay attack?

A

reusing authentication requests

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