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Brute Force Password Attack (offline and online)

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Answer

An attempt to guess a password by attempting every possible combination of characters and numbers in it. Offline is faster because you don't have to wait for server response.

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an attempt to guess a password by attempting every possible combination of characters and numbers in it

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