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辞書攻撃 (じしょこうげき, jishokougeki) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

辞じ書しょ攻こう撃げき

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Meanings

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dictionary attack

A method of breaking a password or encryption by trying many possible words from a dictionary.

辞じ書しょ攻こう撃げきは、よく使つかわれるパスワードを片

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A dictionary attack is a technique that tries commonly used passwords one after another.

Kanji

辞resign, word, term
書write
攻aggression, attack, criticize
撃beat, attack, defeat

Related words

ブルートフォース攻こう撃げき
Brute-force attack tries all possible combinations, while a dictionary attack uses a precompiled list of likely passwords.

Built from

辞じ書しょ+攻こう撃げき

Etymology

Compound of 辞書 (dictionary) and 攻撃 (attack), a direct translation of the English computing term 'dictionary attack'.