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preimage attack

The English word “preimage attack” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a preimage for a hash; that is, it is able to determine (faster than by brute force) some input that results in a known hash when passed through the algorithm.
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