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How can a known plaintext attack be mitigated?
What is brute force attack?
What is known plaintext attack?
is the study of analyzing ciphertexts and breaking codes.
A brute force attack involves trying every possible
until the correct one is found.
Which of the following is an example of a brute force attack?
password cracking
Frequency analysis can be used to break monoalphabetic substitution ciphers by finding the most frequently occurring
in the encrypted text.
Which attack method involves trying all possible keys until the correct one is found?
rainbow table
A brute force attack can be
using software.
dictionary attack
password strength
One of the
of a brute force attack is that it may not be effective against complex passwords.
What is the primary reason behind the effectiveness of a brute force attack?
transposition cipher
What is the purpose of brute force attack?
A brute force attack is often used when other
fail.
By trying all possible keys, a
attack can decrypt any message.
One of the
of a brute force attack is its simplicity.
