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- EAL
See Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL).
- eavesdropping
Any type of passive attack that intercepts data in an unauthorized manner—usually in order to find passwords. Cable sniffing, wiretapping, and man-in-the-middle attacks are eavesdropping attacks.
- ECC
See Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem (ECC).
- EF
See exposure factor (EF).
- electromagnetic interference (EMI)
The interference that can occur during transmissions over copper cable because of electromagnetic energy outside the cable. The result is degradation of the signal.
- Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem (ECC)
A type of public key cryptosystem that requires a shorter key length than many other cryptosystems (including the de facto industry standard, RSA).
- EMI
See electromagnetic interference ...
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