EC-Council
312-50V7 · Question #171
An attacker sniffs encrypted traffic from the network and is subsequently able to decrypt it. The attacker can now use which cryptanalytic technique to attempt to discover the encryption key?
The correct answer is D. Chosen ciphertext attack. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
An attacker sniffs encrypted traffic from the network and is subsequently able to decrypt it. The attacker can now use which cryptanalytic technique to attempt to discover the encryption key?
Options
- ABirthday attack
- BPlaintext attack
- CMeet in the middle attack
- DChosen ciphertext attack
How the community answered
(21 responses)- A14% (3)
- B5% (1)
- C5% (1)
- D76% (16)
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