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Cryptanalysis (also referred to as codebreaking or cracking the code) is the study

of applying various methodologies to obtain the meaning of encrypted information,


without having access to the cipher required to correctly decrypt the information.
This typically involves gaining an understanding of the system design and
determining the cipher.

Cryptanalysts can follow one or more attack models to crack a cipher, depending
upon what information is available and the type of cipher being analyzed.
Ciphertext is generally the most easily obtained part of a cryptosystem and
therefore is an important part of cryptanalysis.
Attack models
Ciphertext-only: the cryptanalyst has access only to a collection of ciphertexts or
code texts. This is the weakest attack model because the cryptanalyst has limited
information. Modern ciphers rarely fail under this attack.[3]
Known-plaintext: the attacker has a set of ciphertexts to which they know the
corresponding plaintext
Chosen-plaintext attack: the attacker can obtain the ciphertexts corresponding to
an arbitrary set of plaintexts of their own choosing

Batch chosen-plaintext attack: where the cryptanalyst chooses all plaintexts


before any of them are encrypted. This is often the meaning of an unqualified use
of "chosen-plaintext attack".
Adaptive chosen-plaintext attack: where the cryptanalyst makes a series of
interactive queries, choosing subsequent plaintexts based on the information from
the previous encryptions.

Chosen-ciphertext attack: the attacker can obtain the plaintexts corresponding to


an arbitrary set of ciphertexts of their own choosing

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