Mile2_Security
MK0-201 · Question #198
Johnny has been trying to defeat a crypto system for some time. He has in his possession a whole collection of ciphertext documents that were captured from the network. However, he does not know…
The correct answer is B. Ciphertext Only Attack. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Johnny has been trying to defeat a crypto system for some time. He has in his possession a whole collection of ciphertext documents that were captured from the network. However, he does not know what algorithm or plain text was used to create this ciphertext. Through statistical analysis he is attempting to decipher the encrypted text. What would you call such an attack?
Options
- AKnown Plaintext attack
- BCiphertext Only Attack
- CChosen Ciphertext Attack
- DChosen Plaintext Attack
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(21 responses)- A5% (1)
- B76% (16)
- C14% (3)
- D5% (1)
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