Intrusion Detection Systems: RE: brute force

[broyds () home com (Bill Royds)]

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That is an oxymoron. 
A brute force method is by definition the least efficient way to do something.
It has the least smarts.
Brute force with regard to security and password cracking means try all combinations.
The only efficiency that can be gained is in tracking what has been done.
As well, techniques like dynamic programming can help prune the sample space if a passwords with matching sub-strings 
have structural similarities when they are hashed (which is a sign of a bad hashing algorithm but common).

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ids () uow edu au [mailto:owner-ids () uow edu au]On Behalf Of chris
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 19:54
To: ids () uow edu au
Subject: IDS: brute force
Importance: High

Im looking for a fast and efficient brute force algorithm
Could any one help me out?
                                                        Regards chris