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Fixes #27378 Signed-off-by: Gilvan Filho <gilvan.sfilho@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Schwartz <alexander.schwartz@gmx.net> Co-authored-by: Alexander Schwartz <alexander.schwartz@gmx.net> Co-authored-by: andymunro <48995441+andymunro@users.noreply.github.com>
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[[password-guess-brute-force-attacks]]
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=== Brute force attacks
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A brute force attack attempts to guess a user's password by trying to log in multiple times. {project_name} has brute force detection capabilities and can permanently or temporarily disable a user account if the number of login failures exceeds a specified threshold.
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[NOTE]
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When a user is locked and attempts to log in, {project_name} displays the default `Invalid username or password` error message. This message is the same error message as the message displayed for an invalid username or invalid password to ensure the attacker is unaware the account is disabled.
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[WARNING]
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Brute force detection is disabled by default. Enable this feature to protect against brute force attacks.
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To enable this protection:
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. Click *Realm Settings* in the menu
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. Click the *Security Defenses* tab.
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. Click the *Brute Force Detection* tab.
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. Choose the *Brute Force Mode* which best fit to your requirements.
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+
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.Brute force detection
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image:images/brute-force.png[]
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==== Lockout permanently
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{project_name} disables a user account (blocking log in attemps) until an administrator re-enables it.
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.Lockout permanently
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image:images/brute-force-permanently.png[]
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*Permanent Lockout Parameters*
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|Name |Description |Default
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|Max Login Failures
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|The maximum number of login failures.
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|30 failures
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|Quick Login Check Milliseconds
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|The minimum time between login attempts.
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|1000 milliseconds
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|Minimum Quick Login Wait
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|The minimum time the user is disabled when login attempts are quicker than _Quick Login Check Milliseconds_.
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|1 minute
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|===
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*Permanent Lockout Flow*
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. On successful login
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.. Reset `count`
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. On failed login
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.. Increment `count`
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.. If `count` is greater than or equals to `Max login failures`
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... locks the user
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.. Else if the time between this failure and the last failure is less than _Quick Login Check Milliseconds_
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... Locks the user for the time specified at _Minimum Quick Login Wait_
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[NOTE]
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Enabling an user account resets the `count`.
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==== Lockout temporarily
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{project_name} disables a user account for a specific period of time. The time period that the account is disabled increases as the attack continues.
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.Lockout temporarily
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image:images/brute-force-temporarily.png[]
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*Temporary Lockout Parameters*
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|Name |Description |Default
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|Max Login Failures
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|The maximum number of login failures.
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|30 failures
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|Strategy to increase wait time
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|Strategy to increase the time a user will be temporarily disabled when the user's login attempts exceed _Max Login Failures_
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|Multiple
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|Wait Increment
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|The time added to the time a user is temporarily disabled when the user's login attempts exceed _Max Login Failures_.
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|1 minute
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|Max Wait
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|The maximum time a user is temporarily disabled.
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|15 minutes
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|Failure Reset Time
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|The time when the failure count resets. The timer runs from the last failed login. Make sure this number is always greater than `Max wait`; otherwise the effective
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wait time will never reach the value you have set to `Max wait`.
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|12 hours
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|Quick Login Check Milliseconds
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|The minimum time between login attempts.
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|1000 milliseconds
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|Minimum Quick Login Wait
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|The minimum time the user is disabled when login attempts are quicker than _Quick Login Check Milliseconds_.
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|1 minute
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*Temporary Lockout Algorithm*
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. On successful login
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.. Reset `count`
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. On failed login
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.. If the time between this failure and the last failure is greater than _Failure Reset Time_
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... Reset `count`
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.. Increment `count`
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.. Calculate `wait` according the brute force strategy defined (see below Strategies to set Wait Time).
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.. If `wait` is less than or equals to 0 and the time between this failure and the last failure is less than _Quick Login Check Milliseconds_
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... set `wait` to _Minimum Quick Login Wait_
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.. if `wait` is greater than 0
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... Temporarily disable the user for the smallest of `wait` and _Max Wait_ seconds
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[NOTE]
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`count` does not increment when a temporarily disabled account commits a login failure.
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*Strategies to set Wait Time*
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{project_name} provides two strategies to calculate wait time: By multiples or Linear. By multiples is the first strategy introduced by {project_name}, so that is the default one.
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By multiples strategy, wait time is incremented when the number (or count) of failures are multiples of `Max Login Failure`. For instance, if you set `Max Login Failures` to `5` and a `Wait Increment` to `30` seconds, the effective time that an account is disabled after several failed authentication attempts will be:
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[cols="1,1,1,1"]
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|`Number of Failures` | `Wait Increment` | `Max Login Failures` | `Effective Wait Time`
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|1 |30 | 5 | 0
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|2 |30 | 5 | 0
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|3 |30 | 5 | 0
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|4 |30 | 5 | 0
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|**5** |**30** | 5 | **30**
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|6 |30 | 5 | 30
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|7 |30 | 5 | 30
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|8 |30 | 5 | 30
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|9 |30 | 5 | 30
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|**10** |**30** | 5 | **60**
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At the fifth failed attempt, the account is disabled for `30` seconds. After reaching the next multiple of `Max Login Failures`, in this case `10`, the time increases from `30` to `60` seconds.
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The By multiple strategy uses the following formula to calculate wait time: _Wait Increment in Seconds_ * (`count` / _Max Login Failures_). The division is an integer division rounded down to a whole number.
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For linear strategy, wait time is incremented when the `count` (or number) of failures is greater than or equals to `Max Login Failure`. For instance, if you have set `Max Login Failures` to `5` and a `Wait Increment` to`30` seconds, the effective time that an account is disabled after several failed authentication attempts will be:
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|`Number of Failures` | `Wait Increment` | `Max Login Failures` | `Effective Wait Time`
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|1 |30 | 5 | 0
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|2 |30 | 5 | 0
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|3 |30 | 5 | 0
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|4 |30 | 5 | 0
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|**5** |**30** | 5 | **30**
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|**6** |**30** | 5 | **60**
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|**7** |**30** | 5 | **90**
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|**8** |**30** | 5 | **120**
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|**9** |**30** | 5 | **150**
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|**10** |**30** | 5 | **180**
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At the fifth failed attempt, the account is disabled for `30` seconds. Each new failure increases wait time according value specified at `wait increment`.
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The linear strategy uses the following formula to calculate wait time: _Wait Increment in Seconds_ * (1 + `count` - _Max Login Failures_).
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==== Lockout permanently after temporary lockout
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Mixed mode. Locks user temporarily for specified number of times and then locks user permanently.
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.Lockout permanently after temporary lockout
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image:images/brute-force-mixed.png[]
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*Permanent lockout after temporary lockouts Parameters*
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|Name |Description |Default
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|Max Login Failures
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|The maximum number of login failures.
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|30 failures
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|Maximum temporary Lockouts
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|The maximum number of temporary lockouts permitted before permanent lockout occurs.
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|1
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|Strategy to increase wait time
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|Strategy to increase the time a user will be temporarily disabled when the user's login attempts exceed _Max Login Failures_
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|Multiple
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|Wait Increment
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|The time added to the time a user is temporarily disabled when the user's login attempts exceed _Max Login Failures_.
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|1 minute
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|Max Wait
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|The maximum time a user is temporarily disabled.
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|15 minutes
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|Failure Reset Time
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|The time when the failure count resets. The timer runs from the last failed login. Make sure this number is always greater than `Max wait`; otherwise the effective
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wait time will never reach the value you have set to `Max wait`.
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|12 hours
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|Quick Login Check Milliseconds
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|The minimum time between login attempts.
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|1000 milliseconds
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|Minimum Quick Login Wait
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|The minimum time the user is disabled when login attempts are quicker than _Quick Login Check Milliseconds_.
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|1 minute
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*Permanent lockout after temporary lockouts Algorithm*
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====
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. On successful login
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.. Reset `count`
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.. Reset `temporary lockout` counter
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. On failed login
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.. If the time between this failure and the last failure is greater than _Failure Reset Time_
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... Reset `count`
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... Reset `temporary lockout` counter
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.. Increment `count`
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.. Calculate `wait` according the brute force strategy defined (see below Strategies to set Wait Time).
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.. If `wait` is less than or equals to 0 and the time between this failure and the last failure is less than _Quick Login Check Milliseconds_
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... set `wait` to _Minimum Quick Login Wait_
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... set `quick login failure` to `true``
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.. if `wait` and `Maximum temporary Lockouts` is greater than 0
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... set `wait` to the smallest of `wait` and _Max Wait_ seconds
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.. if `quick login failure` is `false`
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... Increment `temporary lockout` counter
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.. If `temporary lockout` counter exceeds `Maximum temporary lockouts`
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... Permanently locks the user
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.. Else
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... Temporarily blocks the user according `wait` value
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[NOTE]
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`count` does not increment when a temporarily disabled account commits a login failure.
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==== Downside of {project_name} brute force detection
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The downside of {project_name} brute force detection is that the server becomes vulnerable to denial of service attacks. When implementing a denial of service attack, an attacker can attempt to log in by guessing passwords for any accounts it knows and eventually causing {project_name} to disable the accounts.
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Consider using intrusion prevention software (IPS). {project_name} logs every login failure and client IP address failure. You can point the IPS to the {project_name} server's log file, and the IPS can modify firewalls to block connections from these IP addresses.
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