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A brute-force attack uses trial-and-error to enumerate all possible password combinations in the selected range. This attack is extremely time-consuming, and should therefore be used as a last resort when all other methods fail to find the password. Brute-force attacks have two parameters: password length and character set.

 

Examples

 

"a-z, length 3" will try the following passwords:

aaa

aab

aac

...

zzz

 

"0-9, length 5" will try the following passwords:

00000

00001

00002

...

99999