Password-related attacks are a threat category alongside denial-of-service, spoofing, reflection, man-in-the-middle, reconnaissance, and malware. Analyze their effects through the confidentiality, integrity, and availability triad. section 11.2.1
Password attack
A password attack is an attempt to discover, obtain, or exploit a password to gain unauthorized access.
How Acing the CCNA Exam: Volume 2 Advanced Networking and Security covers it
- How deep it goes
- Names password-related attacks but supplies no attack mechanics, configuration steps, verification commands, or limitations.
- How it connects
- Connects password-related attacks with denial of service, spoofing, reflection, man-in-the-middle, reconnaissance, malware, and the CIA triad.
Related concepts
- multifactor authenticationaddressed by · Multifactor authentication is an authentication method that verifies identity using evidence from at least two distinct authentication-factor categories.
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