So I get the more complicated and long the password the harder it is to brute force, but do these programs start with like 111aaa and then go to like 111aab and so forth. Or, are they just trying every combination randomly? If the latter, isn’t there a chance (a very small one) that if it is kinda random that they could break a really good password on like the first try? Similar to winning the lottery? If it’s not random, that has its own issues. I don’t get it. Help.
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Imagine you have one of those locks that has three dials with ten digits each. You need to open the lock but you don’t know the combo.
Brute forcing means that you start with 000, then 001, then 002, and so on until you find the combination. For computers, obviously they can try different passwords more rapidly, but the passwords are also longer and more complex
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