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darbym82

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A __________ is to try every possible key on a piece of ciphertext until an intelligible translation into plaintext is obtained.
 
  A. mode of operation B. hash function
   C. cryptanalysis D. brute-force attack

Question 2

2. There are two general approaches to attacking a symmetric encryption scheme: cryptanalytic attacks and __________ attacks.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Sarahjh

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

brute-force




darbym82

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Reply 2 on: Jul 7, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


kthug

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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