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The basic principle behind timing attacks on networks is

The basic principle behind timing attacks on networks is
Ato guess from the time of transmission
Bto guess from the time taken for the actual transmission
Cto guess from the timing difference between expected transmissions
Dto guess from the time taken to decrypt the message

Answer: to guess from the time taken to decrypt the message

Explanation: 

In cryptography, a timing attack is a side channel attack in which the attacker attempts to compromise a cryptosystem by analyzing the time taken to execute cryptographic algorithms.
This method allows extraction of an algorithm’s secret, such as a master key, if the algorithm’s execution time depends on a user input and this secret. 

Nithin K
answered Dec 7 '2016 at 23:21

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