OurBigBook About$ Donate
 Sign in Sign up

Dictionary attack

Wikipedia Bot (@wikibot, 0) Mathematics Fields of mathematics Applied mathematics Cryptography Cryptographic attacks
 0 By others on same topic  0 Discussions Create my own version
A dictionary attack is a method used to break passwords or encryption by systematically entering every word in a predefined list, or "dictionary." This list typically contains common passwords, phrases, or words that people might use, making it an efficient approach for cracking weak passwords that are based on recognizable words. **How Dictionary Attacks Work:** 1.

 Ancestors (6)

  1. Cryptographic attacks
  2. Cryptography
  3. Applied mathematics
  4. Fields of mathematics
  5. Mathematics
  6.  Home

 View article source

 Discussion (0)

New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

 Articles by others on the same topic (0)

There are currently no matching articles.
  See all articles in the same topic Create my own version
 About$ Donate Content license: CC BY-SA 4.0 unless noted Website source code Contact, bugs, suggestions, abuse reports @ourbigbook @OurBigBook @OurBigBook