dictionary attack
English
Noun
dictionary attack (plural dictionary attacks)
- (cryptography) An attack that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess passwords or decryption keys.
Translations
An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary
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See also
Further reading
- “dictionary attack”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “dictionary attack” (US) / “dictionary attack” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
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