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総当たり攻撃 (souatarikougeki) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

総そう当あたり攻こう撃げき

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Meanings

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brute-force attack

Computing term for systematically trying all possible keys or passwords until the correct one is found.

このシステムは総そう当あたり攻こう撃げきに対たいして脆ぜい

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This system is vulnerable to brute-force attacks.

Kanji

総general, whole, all
当hit, right, appropriate
攻aggression, attack, criticize
撃beat, attack, defeat

Related words

ブルートフォースアタック
English loanword for the same concept; more common in technical English contexts, while 総当たり攻撃 is the native Japanese term.

Built from

総そう当あたり+攻こう撃げき

Written forms

総そう当あたり攻こう撃げき
Standard kanji spelling for this computing term.
総そう当あたり攻こう撃げき
Variant with simplified okurigana; less common but still seen.

Etymology

Compound of 総当たり (round-robin, exhaustive) and 攻撃 (attack), literally 'exhaustive attack'.