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by adgjlsfhk1 1152 days ago
the problem is it's too easy to make a botnet attack a sure by having each computer try a password for a unique account once per day. this wouls let you get a few million chances per day or website at guessing user passwords without detection.
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In theory, this could be countered by moving to one wrong password attempt per IP over any web site protected by Cloudflare. I have a better understanding of the threat and there might be other drawbacks.