A municipal passphrase policy sets staff IoT Wi-Fi secrets to patterns like SeasonYear!. What offline-attack outcome should the assessor expect?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Summer2024! looks clever on a sticky note and terrible against a wordlist—like locking the shed with “CityHall1”. Offline crackers love seasons, years, and bangs. Expect those patterns to fall fast if a handshake is in hand.
Full Explanation
Passphrases built from seasons, years, agency names, or other public patterns concentrate in common dictionaries and rule mutations. Once a valid WPA2-PSK handshake or equivalent material is captured, offline tools prioritize exactly those candidates. A trailing symbol does not transform a predictable base into high entropy. Assessors should flag such policies as high likelihood of offline recovery rather than as strong secrets.