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[security] prevent brute-force attack by waiting after each failed connection attempt #253

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clochix opened this issue Mar 13, 2016 · 1 comment
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clochix commented Mar 13, 2016

Whatever the method (login screen, API request…), if wrong credentials are submitted, we should wait a little before answering, and before allowing another try.

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Bcrypt encryption makes password checking slow. So it already prevents a little bit from brute force attack.

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