Hi Omindu,

Please see comments inline.

On Friday, 6 May 2016, Prabath Siriwardana <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Omindu Rathnaweera <[email protected]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote:
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>> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Johann Nallathamby <[email protected]
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote:
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>>>
>>> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 12:09 AM, Prabath Siriwardana <[email protected]
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote:
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>>>> Currently, we have a policy to lock the user account after n number of
>>>> failed login attempts...
>>>>
>>>> Can we expand this to support following scenarios...
>>>>
>>>> 1. Lock the account - and unlock it after n number of munites
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is already available.
>>>
>>
>> An improvement for this functionality would be to increase the lockout
>> period with each consecutive failed attempt.
>>
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> Yes.. +1 for doing this too..
>

This should be an option only.

Not every usecase require to have the exponential lock down period growth.
There are number scenarios where the lock down period needs to be a contant.

Therefore +1 for this as an optional feature.

Thanks and Regards,
Harshana

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>>
>> Found [1] & [2] which have some guidelines for preventing brute force
>> attacks.
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>> [1] -
>> https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Periodic_Table_of_Vulnerabilities_-_Brute_Force_Login
>>
>> [2] - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Blocking_Brute_Force_Attacks
>>
>> Regards,
>> Omindu.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 2. Present a captcha after n number of failed login attempts
>>>>
>>>
>>> This can be done.
>>>
>>>
>>>> 3. Slow down the login response after each failed login attempt
>>>> (increasingly)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Will have to read up more on this feature.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Johann.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>> Prabath
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>> --
>> Omindu Rathnaweera
>> Software Engineer, WSO2 Inc.
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> --
> Thanks & Regards,
> Prabath
>
> Twitter : @prabath
> LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/in/prabathsiriwardena
>
> Mobile : +1 650 625 7950
>
> http://blog.facilelogin.com
> http://blog.api-security.org
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