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Crossword: Cryptanalysis Techniques

Across

1. A measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting unauthorized access.

2. A type of attack where the cryptanalyst has access to both the plaintext and its corresponding ciphertext

3. A method used in cryptography to try all possible combinations until the correct one is found

4. A method of attempting to gain unauthorized access to a system by systematically attempting all possible combinations of words from a dictionary as passwords.

5. A precomputed table used in password cracking to reverse cryptographic hash functions and quickly determine the original password.

6. The study of analyzing and breaking encryption schemes

7. A type of encryption where the order of letters in the plaintext is rearranged

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8. A security feature that locks a user's account after a specified number of failed authentication attempts.

9. A technique used in cryptanalysis to analyze the frequency of letters or symbols in a ciphertext

10. A type of encryption where each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a different letter or symbol

11. The process of recovering passwords from data that has been stored or transmitted in an encrypted or hashed form.


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