What is brute force ?

crack a cipher by trying every possible key until successful

crack a cipher by hacking into a persons details by using a key logger

crack a cipher by using statistics and estimates of the most likely values

tick the correct answer for substitution cipher

a simple cipher where each letter is replaced by a different letter

a simple cipher, where each letter is shifted a number of places up the alphabet

plain text is the unencrypted data

cipher text is unencrypted data

Quiz

maisie haines 4 questions

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1a cipher is a method of encrypting text.
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
2What is brute force ?
1. Acrack a cipher by hacking into a persons details by using a key logger
2. Bcrack a cipher by trying every possible key until successful
3. Ccrack a cipher by using statistics and estimates of the most likely values
3tick the correct answer for substitution cipher
1. Aa simple cipher, where each letter is shifted a number of places up the alphabet
2. Ba simple cipher where each letter is replaced by a different letter
4tick the correct statement
1. Aplain text is the unencrypted data
2. Bcipher text is unencrypted data