Difference between Brute Force & Dictionary Attack

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Difference between Brute Force & Dictionary Attack

Postby dani_kurian » Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:05 am

Hi,

I would like to know the difference between brute force attack and dictionary attack. In this two case, the attack is performed by trying differents passwords to gain an access onto a system. So what would be the diff? :P :P :P :P :P
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Re: Difference between Brute Force & Dictionary Attack

Postby rameez » Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:15 am

Hello Dani,

Brute-force attacks try all possible keys combination to decrypt password or messages whereas dictionary attacks try which are derived from a dictionary file or English dictionary such as many users use ordinary words as passwords and such words are easily guessable and hackers and spammers keep attempting to log into the computer by trying all possible passwords until the correct one is found. :D :D
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