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Man-in-the-Middle

འབྲེལ་མཐུད་བར་གྱི་མི་གཞན་པའི་འཇབ་རྒོལ།

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中间人攻击

Man-in-the-Middle · འབྲེལ་མཐུད་བར་གྱི་མི་གཞན་པའི་འཇབ་རྒོལ། · 中间人攻击 · man in thuh MID-ul · MITM · on-path attack · Cybersecurity · attacks · network · tlsCybersecurityMITM on-path attack

/man in thuh MID-ul/

Also known as: MITM, on-path attack

Last updated August 9, 2026

Definition

A man-in-the-middle (on-path) attack intercepts and possibly alters communication between two parties who believe they are talking directly.

Real-World Example

A rogue Wi‑Fi hotspot that downgrades or proxies traffic to steal sessions is a MITM scenario.

References

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