Cryptography

Cyptanalytic Attacks

1) Ciphertext-only attack
Given:: The ciphertext only
Recovering:: The plaintext

2) Known plaintext attack
Given:: pairs of Cipher/plaintexts
Recovering:: The Key

3)Chosen-Plaintext attack
Given:: The ability to chose Plaintexts and obtain Ciphertexts
Recovering:: The Key

4)Chosen-Ciphertext attack
Given:: The ability to chose Ciphertexts and obtain the Plaintexts
Recovering::The Key

5)Adaptive-Chosen-Plaintext attack
Given:: The ability to dynamically chose Plaintexts based on the obtained Ciphertexts
Recovering::The Key

6)Adaptive-Chosen-Ciphertext attack
Given:: The ability to dynamically chose Ciphertexts based on the obtained Plaintexts
Recovering::The Key

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