What is a Known Plaintext Attack?
A known plaintext attack is an attack where the cryptanalyst has access to the ciphertext and the plaintext of one or more pieces of data.
A known plaintext attack is somewhat easier to mount than a chosen plaintext attack, because a known plaintext attack does not require the cryptanalyst to be able to feed data into the encryption device, it only requires him to know what data is being fed into the device.
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