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  1. man-in-the-middlenoun

    An adversary that intercepts, and often modifies, communications.

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  1. man-in-the-middle

    In cryptography and computer security, a man-in-the-middle, monster-in-the-middle, machine-in-the-middle, meddler-in-the-middle, manipulator-in-the-middle (MITM), person-in-the-middle (PITM) or adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) attack is a cyberattack where the attacker secretly relays and possibly alters the communications between two parties who believe that they are directly communicating with each other, as the attacker has inserted themselves between the two parties. One example of a MITM attack is active eavesdropping, in which the attacker makes independent connections with the victims and relays messages between them to make them believe they are talking directly to each other over a private connection, when in fact the entire conversation is controlled by the attacker. The attacker must be able to intercept all relevant messages passing between the two victims and inject new ones. This is straightforward in many circumstances; for example, an attacker within the reception range of an unencrypted Wi-Fi access point could insert themselves as a man-in-the-middle. As it aims to circumvent mutual authentication, a MITM attack can succeed only when the attacker impersonates each endpoint sufficiently well to satisfy their expectations. Most cryptographic protocols include some form of endpoint authentication specifically to prevent MITM attacks. For example, TLS can authenticate one or both parties using a mutually trusted certificate authority.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Man-In-The-Middle in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Man-In-The-Middle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Man-In-The-Middle in a Sentence

  1. Marcus Sachs:

    In theory, any piece of equipment could have the capability to do 'man in the middle.' It will know about every call placed, track all the internet traffic, what's going where, the unencrypted information would be intercepted and sent back to China.

  2. Bryan Cranston:

    There were about eight or so people, and there was a man in the middle on a horse, but he wasn’t holding his own reins — there was someone on the horse in front holding the reins — and Charlie, I guessed, was this comatose, bearded, long-haired guy with big eyes riding as if he’s just stuck to the back of a horse. Totally zoned out. You couldn’t take your eyes off him, my cousin turned back to me and said, ‘Wow, that guy’s weird.’ When we passed him and their whole group, she turned around again and said, ‘That must be Charlie,’ and I said, ‘Yeah … and Charlie’s freaky!’ We didn’t think anything of it.


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