Passive Attack

March 5, 2018

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An attack against an authentication protocol where the Attacker intercepts data traveling along the network between the Claimant and Verifier, but does not alter the data (i.e., eavesdropping).
SOURCE: SP 800-63

An attack that does not alter systems or data.
SOURCE: CNSSI-4009