A passive attack on a cryptosystem is one in which the cryptanalyst cannot interact with any of the parties involved, attempting to break the system solely based upon observed data (i.e. the ciphertext).
See also
- Cybersecurity
- Known plaintext attack
- Chosen plaintext attack
- Chosen ciphertext attack
- Adaptive chosen ciphertext attack
- Topics in cryptography
References
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Further reading
- Cryptography and Network Security By William Stallings