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A type
of password
attack that does not attempt to decrypt any information
but simply tries each of the words in a dictionary in hopes that
the user has used one of the words as his or her password.
To help prevent brute-force attacks many systems will only
allow a user to make a mistake in entering their username or
password three or four times. If the user exceeds these attempts
the system will either lock them out of the system or prevent
any future attempts for a set amount of time.
Also see: Brute-force attack,
Security definitions
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