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rubber-hose cryptanalysis
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. [sci.crypt newsgroup] The technique of breaking a code or cipher by
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finding someone who has the key and applying a rubber hose vigorously and
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repeatedly to the soles of that luckless person's feet until the key is
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discovered. Shorthand for any method of coercion: the originator of the term
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drily noted that it can take a surprisingly short time and is quite
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computationally inexpensive relative to other cryptanalysis methods. Compare
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social engineering , brute force.
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