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Physical or digital keys. Digital keys are used for encryption or signing, or for authentication (e.g. API key). For product keys, use the tag product-key.

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Use multiple computers for faster brute force [duplicate]

Robot lately and can't stop thinking why it was so hard to decrypt files encrypted using AES encryption with a 256-bit key. Let us say the only method to find the key is through brute force. … Can't we set a computer to brute force starting from the first possible key, and another to begin from the last possible key, and perhaps a few computers to try the keys in the middle? …
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