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Glossary Security

Brute-force attack

A brute-force attack tries every possible password or key, or a huge list of likely ones, until one works.

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See also

  • Glossary Salt
    A salt is a unique random value added to a password before hashing, so that identical passwords produce different hashes.
  • Glossary Entropy
    In security, entropy measures how unpredictable something is, such as a password or key, usually expressed in bits.
  • Glossary Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
    Multi-factor authentication (MFA) requires two or more kinds of proof to sign in.
  • Glossary Rate limiting
    Rate limiting restricts how many requests a client can make to a service in a given time, to protect it from overload and abuse.
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