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krallja
4326 days ago
You can then use this lockout for a denial of service attack.
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brey
4326 days ago
oh no ... I am unable to change my (perfectly secure) password for ten minutes because an attacker is attempting to brute force my password reset. I'd regard that as a feature, not a bug.
you don't need to lock out the entire account.
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you don't need to lock out the entire account.