alleryStart learning →What does a brute force attack on a Caesar cipher involve?
ARearranging the letters
BTrying every possible shift
CCounting letter frequencies
DGuessing a keyword
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Trying every possible shift
Because few shifts exist, the attacker simply decrypts with each one and keeps the result that reads as sensible text.
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