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Meaning of second preimage attack | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a second preimage for a hash and its preimage; that is, given a hash and an input that has that specific hash, it is able to find (faster than by brute force) another input with the same hash.

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

second puberty second quest second rate second reading Second Red Scare Second Reich

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