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mod_http_oauth2: Add option for specifying TTL of registered clients Meant to simplify configuration, since TTL vs ignoring expiration is expected to be the main thing one would want to configure. Unsure what the implications of having unlimited lifetime of clients are, given no way to revoke them currently, short of rotating the signing secret. On one hand, it would be annoying to have the client expire. On the other hand, it is trivial to re-register it.
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Thu, 04 May 2023 18:41:33 +0200
parents 4916c1b6517f
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summary: Throttle authentication attempts with optional tarpit
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Introduction
============

This module lets you put a per-IP limit on the number of failed
authentication attempts.

It features an optioanal
[tarpit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpit_%28networking%29), i.e.
waiting some time before returning an "authentication failed" response.

Configuration
=============

``` {.lua}
modules_enabled = {
  -- your other modules
  "limit_auth";
}

limit_auth_period = 30 -- over 30 seconds

limit_auth_max = 5 -- tolerate no more than 5 failed attempts

 -- Will only work with Prosody trunk:
limit_auth_tarpit_delay = 10 -- delay answer this long
```

Compatibility
=============

Requires 0.9 or later. The tarpit feature requires Prosody trunk.