Preimage resistance

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003216",
  "term": "Preimage resistance",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. An expected property of a cryptographic hash function such that, given a randomly chosen message digest, message_digest, it is computationally infeasible to find a preimage of the message_digest, See “Preimage”.\n\n2. An expected property of a hash function such that, given a randomly chosen message digest, message_digest, it is computationally infeasible to find a preimage of the message_digest, See “Preimage”.",
  "see_also": [
    "hash function",
    "Preimage"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-106",
    "NIST SP 800-107 Rev. 1",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/preimage-resistance/"
}