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This program uses a dictionary attack to crack a set of given passwords

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Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
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Password.java		Password.java
RadhikaMattoo_Homework1.pdf		RadhikaMattoo_Homework1.pdf
pswd.txt		pswd.txt
readme.txt		readme.txt

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Environment:
java version "1.8.0_20"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_20-b26)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.20-b23, mixed mode)

Compiling/Running:
3. javac Password.java
4. java Password
The program takes about 15 seconds to run before printing out the results. 

Dictionary:
I used a list of common passwords from the following github link, and named the file ‘guesses.txt’ in my program:

https://github.com/berzerk0/Probable-Wordlists/blob/master/Real-Passwords/Top95Thousand-probable.txt