page_title: Brute force attack
hierarchical_section_title: Brute force attack
context_page_description: A brute force attack is a term in cryptanalysis. It means trying to break a coded cyphertext by trying a lot of possibilities with fast computers. For example, a large number of the possible keys are tried in the key space. If successful, this decrypts the encrypted message.
context_section_description: A brute force attack is a term in cryptanalysis. It means trying to break a coded cyphertext by trying a lot of possibilities with fast computers. For example, a large number of the possible keys are tried in the key space. If successful , this decrypts the encrypted message.
caption: The Electronic Frontier Foundation's US$250,000 DES cracking machine has over 1,800 custom chips and could brute-force a DES key in a matter of days.
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