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dictionary attackA brute force attack that uses common words as possible passwords or decryption keys and may provide a more efficient way of discovering the user's code. Sophisticated dictionary attacks sort words by frequency of use and start with the most likely possibilities; for example, names of people, sports teams, pets and cars. For greater security, users should not use passwords that could be found in an ordinary dictionary. While a dictionary attack can be done by a person manually, it is mostly done via software and a database that contains millions of words. See brute force attack and Captcha. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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com), for example, allow you to detect the technology in images and launch a dictionary attack, respectively. New tools include the Dictionary Attack, the Brute Force Attack, the Buffer Overflow Attack and the Denial of Service Attack. Topics covered include buffer overflows, SQL-injection attacks, off-line dictionary attacks, authentication, access control, data integrity, symmetric encryption, public-key cryptography, and more. |
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