Which of the following actions can increase the cost of an exhaustive attack?
A.
Increase the age of a password.
B.
Increase the length of a password.
C.
None of the choices.
D.
Increase the history of a password.
Explanation:
Defenses against exhaustive attacks involve increasing the cost of the attack by
increasing the number of possibilities to be exhausted. For example, increasing the
length of a password will increase the cost of an exhaustive attack. Increasing the
effective length of a cryptographic key variable will make it more resistant to an
exhaustive attack.