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How Do Brute-Force Attackers Know They Found The Key?

3 years ago blog.boot.dev

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Brute force attackers guess passwords, passphrases, and private keys in an attempt to eventually get the right answer and crack the security of a system. They systematically guess every combination. For example, if they were guessing telephone numbers in the US: