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You could certainly argue that "M" standing for "man" in this acronym is the most commonly accepted interpretation. There do appear to be a few others, though.
by skibz 4y ago
You could certainly argue that "M" standing for "man" in this acronym is the most commonly accepted interpretation. There do appear to be a few others, though. "Monster" is mentioned second to "man", here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack
- yunohn 4y agoI’m a completely uninterested bystander, who has no issue using “monster”. But the Wikipedia mention links to a Cloudflare blog post from 2019, which is around the time Big Tech started renaming CS terminology. You can’t use that as proof of long-standing usage.