brute force algorithm

[arjunak01]

I'd recently made an text encryption program. i need a brute force program that attempts all possible ASCII character combinations from char(32) till char(126), it should be something like
00000
00001
00002
00003
00004

[jsmith]

What?

[aliens112]

yea right. How much do u pay?

[chrisname]

That's not hard. For god's sake, your question answers itself.

Do you know what a loop is?

Ugh.

[eker676]

Here is a quick and dirty method. You would have to add encryption into it and test the encrypted string against the encrypted password.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;


int main()
{
	string test = "ghik";

	string crack = "";

	for(int i = 0; i < test.length(); ++i)
		crack += 'a';


//	for(int i = 0; i < test.length(); ++i)
//	{
		for(int j = 32; j < 126; ++j)
		{
			crack[0] = j;
			for(int k = 32; k < 126; ++k)
			{
				crack[1] = k;
				for(int l = 32; l < 126; ++l)
				{
					crack[2] = l;
					for(int m = 32; m < 126; ++m)
					{
						crack[3] = m;
						
						if(crack == test)
						{
							cout << "match!\n";
							cout << crack << endl;
							return 0;
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}		
//	}
	
	return 0;
}

You may have to add another loop to accommodate more letters.

Also, I don't know if this is the most 'elegant' method but it works for fixed length passwords.

[chrisname]

First of all, that's not what the question is and second of all, don't help people do their homework.

[eker676]

Actually that is what the question is. He just has to encrypt and compare.

... and second of all, don't help people do their homework

I was merely providing an algorithm. He has to do the encryption, etc. I found that on google so I just rewrote.

Not helping with homework is a crappy attitude. If no one offered any help then how would people learn?

[chrisname]

You can help people do it; I just mean don't do it for them.