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Passive attacks

A passive attack is an attack where an unauthorized attacker monitors or listens in on the communication between two parties. Figure 2.4 illustrates a passive attack where Eve monitors the communication between Alice and Bob.

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Figure 2.4: Passive attack



Asgaut Eng
Wed Apr 10 14:07:30 MET DST 1996