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work factor
(I) General security usage: The estimated amount of effort or time
that can be expected to be expended by a potential intruder to
penetrate a system, or defeat a particular countermeasure, when
using specified amounts of expertise and resources.
(I) Cryptography usage: The estimated amount of computing time and
power needed to break a cryptographic system.
