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mod_http_oauth2: Add support for the OpenID 'login_hint' parameter This allows the client to suggest to the authorization screen which user is trying to login, so they don't have to fill that in twice if they already did so at the client.
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2 summary: Throttle authentication attempts with optional tarpit
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5 Introduction
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6 ============
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8 This module lets you put a per-IP limit on the number of failed
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9 authentication attempts.
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11 It features an optioanal
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12 [tarpit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpit_%28networking%29), i.e.
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13 waiting some time before returning an "authentication failed" response.
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15 Configuration
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16 =============
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18 ``` {.lua}
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19 modules_enabled = {
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20 -- your other modules
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21 "limit_auth";
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22 }
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24 limit_auth_period = 30 -- over 30 seconds
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26 limit_auth_max = 5 -- tolerate no more than 5 failed attempts
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28 -- Will only work with Prosody trunk:
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29 limit_auth_tarpit_delay = 10 -- delay answer this long
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30 ```
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32 Compatibility
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33 =============
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35 Requires 0.9 or later. The tarpit feature requires Prosody trunk.