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“Meet in the middle attack” is an attack

a.

where the timing required for the attack via brute force is drastically reduced

b.

where the adversary uses 2 or more machines to decrypt thus trying to reduce the time

c.

where messages are intercepted and then either relayed or substituted with another message

d.

where cryptanalysis takes lesser time than the brute force decryption

Answer: (c).where messages are intercepted and then either relayed or substituted with another message

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