Meaning of rubber-hose cryptanalysis | Babel Free

Definitions

The extraction of cryptographic secrets by coercion or torture.

euphemistic, uncountable

Examples

“We have⟳ shown that GNUnet is vulnerable to rubber-hose cryptanalysis, but we additionally have⟳ presented an efficient content filter for GNUnet. If content filtering is legally enforced, censoring GNUnet is possible at a very large scale.”

“Catherine scooted out of the way, giving Terry access to the keyboard. With a labored sigh⟳, Terry began searching the encrypted text. “I could try⟳ a ciphertext-only attack,” he mumbled to no one in particular. “Then again,” he glared at the attacker and continued, “I could always try⟳ rubber-hose cryptanalysis.” He thought for a moment. “I don't need⟳ a total break⟳; I'm only interested in information deduction. Let⟳ me check the swap⟳ file⟳.””

“Other types of cryptanalytic attacks include⟳ chosen cipher text, chosen key, rubber hose cryptanalysis, and purchase⟳ key. Algorithms differ⟳ by degrees of security; this depends on how hard they are to break⟳.”

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