brute force

When discussing passwords, what is considered a brute force attack?

If you would use both brute force and dictionary methods combined together to have variation of words, what would you call such an attack?

What encryption algorithm will you be decrypting?

In a brute-force attack, what percentage of the keyspace must an attacker generally search through until he or she finds the key that decrypts the data?

You want to retrieve the Cisco configuration from the router. How would you proceed?

Which event log located at c:windowssystem32config contains the trace of your brute force attempts?

What are the alternatives to defending against possible brute-force password attacks on his site?