Meet In The Middle Attack Is An Attack #569
“Meet in the middle attack” is an attack
This multiple choice question (MCQ) is related to the book/course
gs gs124 Introduction Cyber Security.
It can also be found in
gs gs124 Message Authentication Codes, Whirlpool Algorithm and Key Management and Distribution - Symmetric Key Distribution - Quiz No.1.
“Meet in the middle attack” is an attack
where the timing required for the attack via brute force is drastically reduced
where the adversary uses 2 or more machines to decrypt thus trying to reduce the time
where messages are intercepted and then either relayed or substituted with another message
where cryptanalysis takes lesser time than the brute force decryption
