Brute Force Protection
Understand how to defend your Node.js applications from brute force attacks by implementing login attempt limits, IP-based blocking, and securing password hashes to slow down attackers and protect user data from unauthorized access.
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How does it work?
Even with the best password hashes out there, someone can still hammer away at your login page until they find the correct password. Brute forcing is the process of using software to repeatedly try different passwords until access is granted.
Even though many sites are vulnerable to this, securing yourself from this type of attack is pretty easy. Make it take longer than is feasible for someone to find a password this way.
Someone tries to log in and fails. They try again and fail again. Once more, fail. Make them wait 60 seconds ...
