collision attack

English

Noun

collision attack (plural collision attacks)

(cryptography) An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a hash collision (a pair of different inputs that have the same hash) faster than by brute force.

Coordinate terms

preimage attack, second preimage attack

Translations

attack on a hash function

Finnish: törmäyshyökkäys
German: Kollisionsangriff m

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