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(New page: <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude> An attack on a communications system in which the attacker creates, alters, replaces, re-routes or blocks messages; this contrasts with a [[passive atta...)
 
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A definition or brief description of Active attack.

An attack on a communications system in which the attacker creates, alters, replaces, re-routes or blocks messages; this contrasts with a passive attack in which he only reads them.