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CODE BREAKING [1 record]

Record 1 2020-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Encryption and Decryption
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • IT Security
DEF

A process that consists in reconstituting a set of data from its corresponding cryptogram by analyzing the inputs or outputs of the cryptographic system that was used or the system itself, rather than by resorting to the key that would normally be used.

OBS

cryptanalysis: term standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • crypto-analysis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Processus qui consiste à reconstituer un ensemble de données à partir du cryptogramme qui lui correspond en analysant les entrées ou les sorties du système cryptographique utilisé ou le système lui-même, plutôt qu'en recourant à la clé qui serait normalement employée.

OBS

analyse cryptographique : terme normalisé par l'OTAN.

OBS

cryptanalyse; décryptement : termes uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Key term(s)
  • crypto-analyse

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Criptografía y desciframiento
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Seguridad de IT
DEF

Pasos y operaciones ejecutados para convertir mensajes cifrados en textos claros, sin previo conocimiento de la clave empleada.

CONT

El criptoanálisis forma parte de la criptología.

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