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Not gonna argue the merits of your approach, but the use of "online" and "offline" attacks have meanings in this context that don't seem to match up with how yo
by jcmi 8y ago
Not gonna argue the merits of your approach, but the use of "online" and "offline" attacks have meanings in this context that don't seem to match up with how you're using them: https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/25715/what-is-the-difference-between-online-and-offline-brute-force-attacks https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/25715/what-is-the...
A dictionary approach is something I'd normally associate with offline attacks since online requires you go through the active system which should hopefully have some sort of rate-limits to prevent that. Offline attacks can be more brute-force and don't necessarily require pre-existing knowledge.
- tobiasSoftware 8y agoOh I wasn't thinking of that kind of terminology, thanks for pointing that out. I was using online as someone who is at a distance and can only try social engineering, brute forcing, and looking for re-used passwords (much more common, especially with Russian hackers), whereas offline is someone who would have access to local areas and could find a password book (much rarer but still happens).