CISSP: Ciphertext-only attacks. A ciphertext-only attack happens when an attacker has only encrypted data or ciphertext to work with. It's easy to initiate because all that is needed is a single piece of ciphertext. It's very difficult to produce results though because so little information is known abut the encryption process.

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Ciphertext-only attacks. A ciphertext-only attack happens when an attacker has only encrypted data or ciphertext to work with. It's easy to initiate because all that is needed is a single piece of ciphertext. It's very difficult to produce results though because so little information is known abut the encryption process.

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Which active cryptographic attack is EASIEST to initiate, but is the MOST difficult to actually produce results?
- Known-plaintext attacks
- Chosen-ciphertext attacks
- Chosen-plaintext attacks
- Ciphertext-only attacks

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Which active cryptographic attack is EASIEST to initiate, but is the MOST difficult to actually produce results? - Known-plaintext attacks - Chosen-ciphertext attacks - Chosen-plaintext attacks - Ciphertext-only attacks

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