What Is a Dictionary Attack

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Multiple Choice

What is a dictionary attack?

• A)It is an attack when the perpetrator is inserting malicious query in input such that it is passed to and executed by an application program.
• B)It is an attack when the perpetrator is inputting so much data that the input buffer overflows.The overflow contains code that takes control of the company's computer.
• C)It is an attack when the perpetrator uses software to guess company's addresses,send employees blank e-mails,and add unreturned messages to spammer e-mail list.
• D)It is an attacked when the perpetrator sends hundreds of messages from randomly generated false addresses,overloading an Internet service provider's e-mail server.

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Definitions:

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