Dictionary attack
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dictionary-attack-285-6427069
title:
Dictionary attack
text:
In cryptanalysis and computer security, a dictionary attack is an attack using a restricted subset of a keyspace to defeat a cipher or authentication mechanism by trying to determine its decryption key or passphrase, sometimes trying thousands or millions of likely possibilities often obtained from lists of past security breaches.
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Technique for defeating password protection using lists of likely possibilities
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_attack
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2024-03-31T14:36:43Z
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