collision attack

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collision attack

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Noun

collision attack (plural collision attacks)

1. (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