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Equation 2 · Part 1 · The Attack Surface That Reads

Symbol p_i

pip_i
pip_i

What this part means

the probability.

Its job in the formula

pip_i is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

Where the article explains it

Suppose a request passes n independent detection layers, each of which fails to catch a given malicious input with probability pip_i .

The passage around this formula

Here is the modelling error to avoid. Suppose a request passes n independent detection layers, each of which fails to catch a given malicious input with probability pip_i . It is tempting to write the bypass probability of the stack as

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A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.

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