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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>rubber-hose cryptanalysis</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="RTS.html" title="RTS"/><link rel="next" href="rude.html" title="rude"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">rubber-hose cryptanalysis</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="RTS.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="rude.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="rubber-hose-cryptanalysis"/><dt xmlns="" id="rubber-hose-cryptanalysis"><b>rubber-hose cryptanalysis</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [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
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term drily noted that it “<span class="quote">can take a surprisingly short time and is
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quite computationally inexpensive</span>” relative to other cryptanalysis
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methods. Compare <a href="../S/social-engineering.html"><i class="glossterm">social engineering</i></a>,
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