Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The analysis and deciphering of cryptographic writings or systems.
- noun The study of techniques for deciphering cryptographic writings or systems.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the science which studies methods to discovering the secret meaning of encrypted messages for which one does not possess the secret decoding information (called the
key ). - noun the methods and procedures used to discover the secret meaning hidden in encrypted messages.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The science of analyzing and breaking of
codes andciphers . - noun An analysis or decrypting of a specific text or a specific code or cipher.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If so, then cryptanalysis is deep within the orthodox paradigm.
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Rubber hose cryptanalysis is where you get hold of someone who knows the key and beat or otherwise torture him-or-her into Telling All. Dumbshit cryptanalysis is what happens when a guy in the organization absentmindedly leaves the code key in the pocket of the trousers he sends to the dry cleaner.
Boing Boing: January 6, 2002 - January 12, 2002 Archives 2002
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As he explained it to me, checkbook cryptanalysis is where you pay someone in the target organization to give you the keys.
Boing Boing: January 6, 2002 - January 12, 2002 Archives 2002
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Black bag cryptanalysis is where you break in and steal the code key, or (as in the case of Mr. Scarfo) plant a bug that makes more sophisticated codebreaking unnecessary.
Boing Boing: January 6, 2002 - January 12, 2002 Archives 2002
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As another example, (Massacci and Marraro 2000) discusses an application in logical cryptanalysis, that is, the verification of properties of cryptographic algorithms expressed as SAT problems.
Automated Reasoning Portoraro, Frederic 2005
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The goal of '' 'cryptanalysis' '' is to find some weakness or insecurity in a cryptographic scheme, thus permitting its subversion.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The goal of '' 'cryptanalysis' '' is to find some weakness or insecurity in a cryptographic scheme, thus permitting its subversion.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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A great mathematician, he studied cryptanalysis and was the first great theoretician of music in the Islamic empire.
When Baghdad was centre of the scientific world Jim al-Khalili 2010
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For purposes of cryptanalysis we can just treat each glyph as though it were a distinct letter chosen at random.
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Latin American hackers, cryptanalysis, social protests against globalization ...
A Conversation with Edmundo Paz Soldán about Turing's Delirium 2010
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