What best describes a brute-force attack?

What best describes a brute-force attack?
A . breaking and entering into a physical building or network closet
B . an attacker’s attempt to decode a cipher by attempting each possible key combination to find the correct one
C . a rogue DHCP server that is posing as a legitimate DHCP server on a network segment
D . an attacker inserting itself between two devices in a communication session and then taking over the session.

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Answer: B