Reliability the lock is characterized by time to failure and resistance to picking. There are three main types of hacking. Cracking force methods involves damage to parts of the lock or door. At the same time remain clear signs of cracking and the attacker leaves a large amount of evidence to help in his quest. First of all, it is necessary to identify them with the tools and methods for their use. There are two main methods of protection against power attacks. Solid Book - the procedure is too expensive, so the continuous reservation shall only be most vulnerable to cracking of the lock or door. The door itself is usually made of thinner metal, but still thick enough to not be quick to crack the door itself, and filled with noise and heat insulating material. Blocking, which is automatically triggered, will bring damage to the lock. In this case, access is hampered not only for the attacker, but also for the owner. Sometimes, to protect classified documents used their destruction when it detects hacking attempts. Cracking manipulative methods in contrast to the force hack leaves much less evidence, but often requires more time, special tools and skilled attacker. In this commonly used design flaws that may give some combination of the lock until it is entered: usually backlash tolerances sound when triggered mechanism.

More sophisticated types of the lock to help avoid similar situations. Blocking operate at typical hack manipulating the lock mechanism is also a good remedy for such break-ins. It is worth remembering that the absolute protection against burglary does not exist and the choice the lock guided primarily by common sense. Installation on the front door lock may be too difficult to attract thieves who may break into your apartment in other ways, while too simple locking definitely attract burglars its availability. Bumping is a method of opening locks, based on the transfer of kinetic energy of the pins being struck by a specially machined key. Pins randomly tale, turning bumping key at the right time, you can open the lock. This hack does not leave visible traces and works on Toggle-pin tumbler locks and systems with a vertical milling secret. Electronic locks less susceptible to hacking.