Exam 312-49v10 topic 1 question 385 discussion

Here's a brief explanation of the other options: A. Rainbow table attack: Uses precomputed tables of hash values for common passwords to crack passwords. C. Rule-based attack: Uses a set of rules to generate password guesses, such as word variations or common substitutions. D. Dictionary attack: Uses a list of words, common passwords, and variations to guess the password.

The password cracking technique that uses every possible combination of character sets is: B. Brute force attack A brute force attack systematically tries all possible combinations of characters until the correct password is found. This method is exhaustive and does not rely on precomputed tables or dictionaries.

Try every possible combination of letters, numbers, and symbols until you discover the one correct combination that works.