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QUESTION 6 A password consists of 5 alphabet letters, case insensitive. In the worst case, how many combinations does a hacke
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Since the password has case insensitive alphabet letters, we have 26 possible alphabets for a single letter in the password. Those are A - Z ( or )  a - z since both A and a are considered as same. Using brutal force approach, a single letter in the password has 26 possibilities, so for 5 letters in the password we have 26 * 26 * 26 * 26 * 26 i.e 11881376 possibilities. So, the hacker has to try 11881376 combinations in order to break the password.

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