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POODLE

The English word “POODLE” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. A man-in-the-middle exploit that takes advantage of Internet and security software clients' fallback to an older version of SSL.

Etymology

Initialism from Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption.

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