A cryptanalysis technique or other kind of attack method involving an exhaustive procedure that tries all possibilities, one-by-one.

A cryptanalysis technique that exhaustively tests all known possibilities in consecutive order.

Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War is a book by historian John Ellis which concludes that the Allied Forces won World War II not by the skill of their leaders, war planners and commanders in the field, but by brute force (which he describes as advantages in firepower and logistics). Ellis describes what he feels are poor decisions by the Allied High Command with regards to such things as employment of weapons systems or misuses of their overwhelming advantage in manpower. Among his criticisms are the use of armor in North Africa, the Soviet Union's use of manpower, wasteful bombing strategies (RAF Marshal Sir Arthur Harris' area bombing in particular), and the failure to target Japanese shipping lanes.

Brute Force is a 1947 brooding, brutal drama movie considered film noir. This prison movie directed by Jules Dassin was shot in black and white. Dialogue by screenwriter and director Richard Brooks (who directed In Cold Blood).

Brute Force is a video game released for the Xbox by Microsoft during 2003. The game is a squad-based third-person shooting game that uses of 4 members of a team which fight in numerous battles. These members in the squad include Flint, a sniper, Brutus, a shock trooper, Tex, a heavy assault trooper, and Hawk, a scout.

An automated process of trial and error used to guess the "secret" protecting a system. Examples of these secrets include usernames, passwords or cryptographic keys. See also " Authentication", " Insufficient Authentication", " Password Recover System", " Weak Password Recovery Validation".

A method of searching that every piece of data must be blindly processed or tested until the solution is found. RC5-64 is an example of this; they must test every block in their search for the key block- all blocks have an equal chance of being the solution, and any user could, at any time, find the key block. See also: RC5-64.

The process of trying every possible combination of passwords or keys to find the password or key that was was used to encrypt a file. This type of attack against an encrypted file can be devastating if computers are used in the brute force method.

Using a program to bombard a site with scripted input or page requests in order to 'solve' a form-based puzzle or discover hidden directories or pages..tôp.

Solving a problem like a chess move by using the computer's ability to examine a large number of possible moves quickly in order to assess each for its potential for success or failure.