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How resistant is BitLocker against brute force attacks on the 48 character recovery key?

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Mar 15, 202634163 views
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I've read this TechNet blog post, but I still can't determine how secure BitLocker is against a malicious user that attempts to brute force attack the recovery password. Is anyone familiar with this? Also, how about offline brute force attacks against the recovery password?

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I've done some further analysis, and I believe I have determined that brute force attacking the recovery password would not be a good use of anyone's time....that is assuming my math is correct. The recovery password is created starting with a 128-b…

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