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🪨 Not bendable 🔒 Cannot be changed
unmalleability

unmalleability

9.9
Resistance to changing a coded message so it gives a related readable message without the key
  • noun
  • /ˌʌnˈmælɪˌəˈbɪlɪti/
  • Specialized
: incorruptibilidad
  • The protocol's unmalleability prevented attackers from altering ciphertexts to produce predictable plaintext changes.

Examples

  • The unmalleability of the encryption method ensures data integrity.

  • Researchers measure a cipher's unmalleability to evaluate its resistance to adaptive chosen-ciphertext attacks.

  • During the audit we noted lacking unmalleability allowed modified messages to pass signature checks mistakenly.

  • One key feature of this algorithm is its unmalleability.

  • The protocol's unmalleability prevented attackers from altering ciphertexts to produce predictable plaintext changes.

  • Researchers measure a cipher's unmalleability to evaluate its resistance to adaptive chosen-ciphertext attacks.

  • The unmalleability of the encryption method ensures that attempts to modify the ciphertext do not yield meaningful information.

Synonyms

unchangeableness
vsunmalleability
1 8.6

A state of staying the same over time without becoming different

is stricter and focuses on stopping meaningful ciphertext changes by attackers
unchangeability
vsunmalleability
1 7.4

The quality of not changing over time

is technical and specific to cryptography rather than general stability
incorruptibility
vsunmalleability
  • Specialized
8.6

A record or system whose data cannot be changed after it is stored

is a narrower cryptographic property that stops meaningful ciphertext alteration

Surface Forms

unmalleability singular
unmalleabilities plural

Morphology

unmalleability = unmalleable (semi-transparent) = un + malleable + ity

Morphologically formed by adding '-ity' to 'unmalleable', a regular nominalization of the adjective.

Etymology

The word unmalleability in cryptography also uses un- 'not' and malleable 'able to be shaped', so it describes an encrypted message that cannot be 'shaped' or changed into a related meaningful message by someone else. Think of it like a sealed box that cannot be reshaped by a thief, which is why unmalleability protects the message.