how does brute force attacks work

How does a brute force password work on a login page and what are the steps and different techniques to get unauthorized access to a admin login page

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Elessar · 26-30, M

It simply tries all the combinations until it finds the one that works

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And it's obviously detectable, and impossibly slow if the password is strong enough (12+ characters, upper and lowercase, numbers, symbols, no known words). It's usually performed to figure the key to decrypt local data, not against sites or services that certainly have mitigation measures in place.

SomeMichGuy · M

@Elessar And incredibly inefficient.

A paper from the 1980s? by SRI found that most men used a female's name as their password; knowing all the women in a guy's life (grandmother(s), mom(s), aunt(s), sister(s), wife/wives, daughter(s), granddaughter(s), dogs & other pets...you'd likely guess it.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

If you want to get banned go for it. Any half way good admin will get an alert for such.

stound

Brute force means just that - attempt all passwords in the possle key space. Like attacking a combination lock by trying every number from 0000 to 9999. Slow, easily detected and fairly easy to defend against.

Northwest · M

Are you trying to break into the school's computer? To make a long story short: brute force attacks do not work on any system designed after the early 1990s.