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Mary and Yousef are investigating the security of passwords against a brute force attack. This is where a hacker tries every possible combination of characters (e.g. aaaa, aaab, aaac, aaad, etc.) until they have the right password. They are investigating how the length and character set of the password affect its security.

Name: mary and yousef are investigating the security of passwords against a brute force attack this is where a hacker tries every possible combination of characters eg aaaa aaab aaac aaad etc unti 25955
Uploaded: 2022-04-26T19:23:08-08:00
Duration: 45 s
Channel: Donna Densmore
Description: mary and yousef are investigating the security of passwords against a brute force attack this is where a hacker tries every possible combination of characters eg aaaa aaab aaac aaad etc unti 25955

          Mary and Yousef are investigating the security of passwords against a brute force attack. This is where a hacker tries every possible combination of characters (e.g. aaaa, aaab, aaac, aaad, etc.) until they have the right password. They are investigating how the length and character set of the password affect its security.

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Trishna Knowledge Systems 2018 Edition

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Solved by Expert Donna Densmore

04/26/2022

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Mary and Yousef are investigating the security of passwords against a brute force attack. This is where a hacker tries every possible combination of characters (e.g. aaaa, aaab, aaac, aaad, etc.) until they have the right password. They are investigating how the length and character set of the password affect its security.