Timing attack
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timing-attack-181-3423115
title:
Timing attack
text:
In cryptography, a timing attack is a side-channel attack in which the attacker attempts to compromise a cryptosystem by analyzing the time taken to execute cryptographic algorithms. Every logical operation in a computer takes time to execute, and the time can differ based on the input; with precise measurements of the time for each operation, an attacker can work backwards to the input. Finding secrets through timing information may be significantly easier than using cryptanalysis of known plai
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encyclopedia
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Cryptographic attack
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack
date created:
2004-02-22T10:07:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T16:41:14Z
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