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mod_measure_process: Handle unlimited FD limits
While unlikely, better type-safe than sorry
author | Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> |
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date | Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:09:01 +0100 |
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2 summary: Throttle authentication attempts with optional tarpit | |
3 ... | |
4 | |
5 Introduction | |
6 ============ | |
7 | |
8 This module lets you put a per-IP limit on the number of failed | |
9 authentication attempts. | |
10 | |
11 It features an optioanal | |
12 [tarpit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpit_%28networking%29), i.e. | |
13 waiting some time before returning an "authentication failed" response. | |
14 | |
15 Configuration | |
16 ============= | |
17 | |
18 ``` {.lua} | |
19 modules_enabled = { | |
20 -- your other modules | |
21 "limit_auth"; | |
22 } | |
23 | |
24 limit_auth_period = 30 -- over 30 seconds | |
25 | |
26 limit_auth_max = 5 -- tolerate no more than 5 failed attempts | |
27 | |
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28 -- Will only work with Prosody trunk: |
1858 | 29 limit_auth_tarpit_delay = 10 -- delay answer this long |
30 ``` | |
31 | |
32 Compatibility | |
33 ============= | |
34 | |
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35 Requires 0.9 or later. The tarpit feature requires Prosody trunk. |