Brute force attack definitions

Brute-force attack

In cryptography, a brute-force attack, or exhaustive key search, is a cryptanalytic attack that can, in theory, be used against any encrypted data{sfn|Paar|2010|p=7|ref=harv} (except for data encrypted in an information-theoretically secure manner). Such an attack might be used when it is not possible to take advantage of other weaknesses in an en...
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Brute-force attack

A brute-force attack is an attack in which each possible key or password is attempted until the correct one is found. Also see: attack.
Found on http://home.mcafee.com/virusinfo/glossary?ctst=1#

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