EC-Council
312-49V8 · Question #121
What is the first step that needs to be carried out to crack the password?
The correct answer is A. A word list is created using a dictionary generator program or dictionaries. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
What is the first step that needs to be carried out to crack the password?
Options
- AA word list is created using a dictionary generator program or dictionaries
- BThe list of dictionary words is hashed or encrypted
- CThe hashed wordlist is compared against the target hashed password, generally one word at a time
- DIf it matches, that password has been cracked and the password cracker displays the unencrypted version
How the community answered
(29 responses)- A76% (22)
- B14% (4)
- C3% (1)
- D7% (2)
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