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Eavesdropping Attack

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-008822

An attack in which an Attacker listens passively to the authentication protocol to capture information which can be used in a subsequent active attack to masquerade as the Claimant.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-008822
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNIST IR 7298 Revision 2, Glossary of Key Information Security Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008822",
  "term": "Eavesdropping Attack",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "An attack in which an Attacker listens passively to the authentication protocol to capture information which can be used in a subsequent active attack to masquerade as the Claimant.",
  "references": [
    "NIST IR 7298 Revision 2, Glossary of Key Information Security Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/eavesdropping-attack/"
}

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