Technology Corner: Brute Force Password Generation -- Basic Iterative and Recursive Algorithms
Most information systems are secured at minimum by some form of password protection. For various reasons a password may be unavailable, requiring some form of password recovery procedure. One such procedure is software-based automated password recovery, where a program attempts to log into a system...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association of Digital Forensics, Security and Law
2011-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law |
| Online Access: | http://ojs.jdfsl.org/index.php/jdfsl/article/view/136 |
| Summary: | Most information systems are secured at minimum by some form of password protection. For various reasons a password may be unavailable, requiring some form of password recovery procedure. One such procedure is software-based automated password recovery, where a program attempts to log into a system by repeatedly trying different password combinations. At the core of such software is a password generator. This article describes the basic iterative and recursive algorithms for generating all possible passwords of a given length, which is commonly referred to as brute-force password generation. The paper ends with a discussion of alternative password recovery procedures one should attempt before brute-force password recovery. |
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| ISSN: | 1558-7215 1558-7223 |