An intruder tries a large number of possibilities in rapid succession to guess a password. As a result, other users on the network are locked out. What type of attack has occurred?
- brute force
- ping of death
- DDoS
- SYN flooding
Explanation: In a brute force attack, an unauthorized person will try to gain access to a system by sending as many passwords as possible as rapidly as possible.
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