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Old 09-30-2002, 12:09 AM  
echo465
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Originally posted by Easy
hmm.. maybe here someone has a good idea how to stop bruteforce attacks.

They are using a huge anon proxylist and testing each day 50k combinations within two hours. Blocking the IPs won't work...
How about this:

When you've detected that an attack is underway, always fail the first login from an IP, even if the password is correct.. a surfer will (hopefully) assume that they mistyped their password, and try again, while a brute forcer will just continue on.

Anyone?
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