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darbym82 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

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?