Cryptanalysis/Related Articles

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Cryptography [r]: A field at the intersection of mathematics and computer science that is concerned with the security of information, typically the confidentiality, integrity and authenticity of some message. ^[e]
Information theory [r]: Theory of the probability of transmission of messages with specified accuracy when the bits of information constituting the messages are subject, with certain probabilities, to transmission failure, distortion, and accidental additions. ^[e]

Brute force attack [r]: An attempt to break a cipher by trying all possible keys; long enough keys make this impractical. ^[e]
Code book attack [r]: Attacking a block cipher by creating a code book, collecting plaintext/ciphertext pairs. ^[e]
Active attack [r]: 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. ^[e]
Passive attack [r]: An attack on a communications system in which the attacker reads messages he is not supposed to but does not alter them. ^[e]
Meet-in-the middle attack [r]: Add brief definition or description