Known-plaintext attack

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Known-plaintext attack

Quality:

Known-plaintext attack - cryptanalytic attack model where the attacker has access to both the plaintext and its encrypted version. Article “Known-plaintext attack” in English Wikipedia has 17.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 4 sections.

This article has the best quality in Turkish Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Known-plaintext attack”, its content was written by 80 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 199 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 172 times in English Wikipedia and cited 533 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #19612 in March 2004
  • Global: #49050 in March 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #67082 in May 2021
  • Global: #123444 in May 2021

There are 13 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Turkish (tr)
Bilinen açık metin saldırısı
21.2056
2English (en)
Known-plaintext attack
17.8125
3Ukrainian (uk)
Атака з відомим відкритим текстом
16.7328
4Russian (ru)
Атака на основе открытых текстов
15.9748
5Chinese (zh)
已知明文攻击
14.7139
6Polish (pl)
Atak ze znanym tekstem jawnym
10.8433
7Hebrew (he)
התקפת גלוי-ידוע
9.552
8Japanese (ja)
既知平文攻撃
7.6596
9Italian (it)
Attacco con testo in chiaro noto
6.4997
10Persian (fa)
حمله متن آشکار
5.0158
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Known-plaintext attack" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Known-plaintext attack
838 866
2Japanese (ja)
既知平文攻撃
94 757
3Russian (ru)
Атака на основе открытых текстов
49 854
4Chinese (zh)
已知明文攻击
34 586
5French (fr)
Attaque à texte clair connu
29 050
6Polish (pl)
Atak ze znanym tekstem jawnym
25 154
7Italian (it)
Attacco con testo in chiaro noto
15 725
8Simple English (simple)
Known-plaintext attack
13 512
9Korean (ko)
기지 평문 공격
10 054
10Ukrainian (uk)
Атака з відомим відкритим текстом
7 387
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Known-plaintext attack" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Known-plaintext attack
5 039
2Simple English (simple)
Known-plaintext attack
346
3Japanese (ja)
既知平文攻撃
250
4Russian (ru)
Атака на основе открытых текстов
135
5French (fr)
Attaque à texte clair connu
108
6Chinese (zh)
已知明文攻击
108
7Italian (it)
Attacco con testo in chiaro noto
28
8Korean (ko)
기지 평문 공격
22
9Turkish (tr)
Bilinen açık metin saldırısı
18
10Polish (pl)
Atak ze znanym tekstem jawnym
17
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Known-plaintext attack" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Known-plaintext attack
80
2Japanese (ja)
既知平文攻撃
18
3Russian (ru)
Атака на основе открытых текстов
17
4French (fr)
Attaque à texte clair connu
15
5Ukrainian (uk)
Атака з відомим відкритим текстом
12
6Polish (pl)
Atak ze znanym tekstem jawnym
11
7Italian (it)
Attacco con testo in chiaro noto
10
8Turkish (tr)
Bilinen açık metin saldırısı
8
9Persian (fa)
حمله متن آشکار
7
10Hebrew (he)
התקפת גלוי-ידוע
7
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Known-plaintext attack" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Known-plaintext attack
0
2Persian (fa)
حمله متن آشکار
0
3French (fr)
Attaque à texte clair connu
0
4Hebrew (he)
התקפת גלוי-ידוע
0
5Italian (it)
Attacco con testo in chiaro noto
0
6Japanese (ja)
既知平文攻撃
0
7Korean (ko)
기지 평문 공격
0
8Polish (pl)
Atak ze znanym tekstem jawnym
0
9Russian (ru)
Атака на основе открытых текстов
0
10Simple English (simple)
Known-plaintext attack
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Known-plaintext attack" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Hebrew (he)
התקפת גלוי-ידוע
202
2English (en)
Known-plaintext attack
172
3Italian (it)
Attacco con testo in chiaro noto
25
4Russian (ru)
Атака на основе открытых текстов
25
5Chinese (zh)
已知明文攻击
22
6Persian (fa)
حمله متن آشکار
20
7French (fr)
Attaque à texte clair connu
13
8Japanese (ja)
既知平文攻撃
13
9Ukrainian (uk)
Атака з відомим відкритим текстом
13
10Polish (pl)
Atak ze znanym tekstem jawnym
10
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Known-plaintext attack
faPersian
حمله متن آشکار
frFrench
Attaque à texte clair connu
heHebrew
התקפת גלוי-ידוע
itItalian
Attacco con testo in chiaro noto
jaJapanese
既知平文攻撃
koKorean
기지 평문 공격
plPolish
Atak ze znanym tekstem jawnym
ruRussian
Атака на основе открытых текстов
simpleSimple English
Known-plaintext attack
trTurkish
Bilinen açık metin saldırısı
ukUkrainian
Атака з відомим відкритим текстом
zhChinese
已知明文攻击

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#67082
05.2021
Global:
#123444
05.2021

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#19612
03.2004
Global:
#49050
03.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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