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What does ‘rubber hose’ mean here?
by playpause 5y ago
What does ‘rubber hose’ mean here?
- 1986 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis > In cryptography, rubber-hose cryptanalysis is a euphemism for the extraction of cryptographic secrets (e.g. the password to an encrypted file) from a person by coercion or torture[1]—such as beating that person with a rubber hose, hence the name—in contrast to a mathematical or technical cryptanalytic attack.
- 0xcde4c3db 5y agoThe "beating with a rubber hose" thing, in turn, comes from allegations that this method is favored by the likes of secret police, intelligence agencies, and organized crime because it leaves minimal marks on the victim compared to other forms of physical abuse.
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- jacoblambda 5y agoA rubber hose attack is also sometimes called a wrench attack. It's the use of physical action (often implied as violence or torture) to gain some secret.
- hx2a 5y agoAnd the reality of a "wrench attack" is illustrated in this xkcd comic: https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/
- cyberge99 5y agoAlong the same lines: To “”throw the book at him” is a double entendre euphemism (American) for both bringing a lot of charges against someone, and/or beating them with a phonebook because it (purportedly) doesn’t leave bruises.
- sybarita 5y agoPretty sure you just made that up tbh