Changeset 607721
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- 10/04/2012 01:05:10 AM (13 years ago)
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r607720 r607721 333 333 Solution. 334 334 335 __Limit Login Attempts__336 337 * _Invalid or Valid Credentials by Attacker or Actual User_338 339 1) Process authentication request (check IP address)340 1) Error message: "Too many failed login attempts." (ACCESS DENIED.)341 342 Note, this approach means an actual user can be denied access for 12 hours after making 4 mistakes.343 344 345 __Login Security Solution__346 347 * _Invalid Credentials by Attacker or Actual User_348 349 1) Process authentication request (check IP, user name, and password)350 1) Slow down the response351 1) Error message: "Incorrect username or password." (ACCESS DENIED.)352 353 * _Valid Credentials by Attacker_354 355 1) Process authentication request (check IP, user name, and password)356 1) Slow down the response357 1) Set force password change flag for user358 1) Error message: "Your password must be reset. Please submit this form to reset it." (ACCESS DENIED.)359 360 * _Valid Credentials by Actual User_361 362 1) Process authentication request (check IP, user name, and password)363 1) (If user is coming from their verified IP address, let them in, END)364 1) Slow down the response365 1) Error message: "Your password must be reset. Please submit this form to reset it." (ACCESS DENIED.)366 1) On subsequent request... user verifies their identity via password reset process367 1) User's IP address is added to their verified IP list for future reference335 __Limit Login Attempts__ 336 337 * _Invalid or Valid Credentials by Attacker or Actual User_ 338 339 1) Process authentication request (check IP address) 340 1) Error message: "Too many failed login attempts." (ACCESS DENIED.) 341 342 Note, this approach means an actual user can be denied access for 12 hours after making 4 mistakes. 343 344 345 __Login Security Solution__ 346 347 * _Invalid Credentials by Attacker or Actual User_ 348 349 1) Process authentication request (check IP, user name, and password) 350 1) Slow down the response 351 1) Error message: "Incorrect username or password." (ACCESS DENIED.) 352 353 * _Valid Credentials by Attacker_ 354 355 1) Process authentication request (check IP, user name, and password) 356 1) Slow down the response 357 1) Set force password change flag for user 358 1) Error message: "Your password must be reset. Please submit this form to reset it." (ACCESS DENIED.) 359 360 * _Valid Credentials by Actual User_ 361 362 1) Process authentication request (check IP, user name, and password) 363 1) (If user is coming from their verified IP address, let them in, END) 364 1) Slow down the response 365 1) Error message: "Your password must be reset. Please submit this form to reset it." (ACCESS DENIED.) 366 1) On subsequent request... user verifies their identity via password reset process 367 1) User's IP address is added to their verified IP list for future reference 368 368 369 369 So both plugins deny access to attackers. But Login Security Solution has
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