Meet-in-the-middle attack

The Meet-in-the-middle attack is a cryptographic attack that is particularly effective against certain types of symmetric encryption algorithms, especially those that rely on a block cipher structure with two keys. It can be used to reduce the complexity of brute-force attacks by exploiting the design of the algorithm. ### How It Works: 1. **Divide the Problem**: The attack works by dividing the encryption or decryption process into two halves.