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dictionary attack

A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

dictionary attack An attempt to enter a network illegally using a large number of PASSWORDS generated from a computerized dictionary. A CRACKER using this form of attack would repeatedly try to discover the passwords used in a system by repeatedly trying a series of passwords extracted from a dictionary and applying them to a PASSWORD FILE. This is a surprisingly successful way of entering a network illegally: studies carried out in the 1990s indicated that somewhere between 10 to 40 per cent of all passwords could be discovered using this form of attack.
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dictionary attack

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dic·tion·ar·y at·tack • n. an attempted illegal entry to a computer system that uses a dictionary headword list to generate possible passwords.
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