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Online Attack

nounid 3427·updated Aug 30, 2026
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An attack against an authentication protocol where the Attacker either assumes the role of a Claimant with a genuine Verifier or actively alters the authentication channel. The goal of the attack may be to gain authenticated access or learn authentication secrets.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Online Attacks
possessive
Online Attack's
pluralpossessive
Online Attacks'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
An attack against an authentication protocol where the Attacker either assumes the role of a Claimant with a genuine Verifier or actively alters the authentication channel. The goal of the attack may be to gain authenticated access or learn authentication secrets.
NIST SP 800-631 senseview framework →
§1
An attack against an authentication protocol where the Attacker either assumes the role of a Claimant with a genuine Verifier or actively alters the authentication channel. The goal of the attack may be to gain authenticated access or learn authentication secrets.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
An attack against an authentication protocol where the Attacker either assumes the role of a Claimant with a genuine Verifier or actively alters the authentication channel. The goal of the attack may be to gain authenticated access or learn authentication secrets.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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