Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoThe inner fire of my hatred COULD melt steam beamslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down19cross-posted to: mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
arrow-up1292arrow-down1imageThe inner fire of my hatred COULD melt steam beamslemmy.dbzer0.comStamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agomessage-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
minus-squareThorry@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoThat’s because you’ve been rate limited trying passwords for an hour. When an attacker is randomly trying incorrect passwords, even the correct password will be rejected. Otherwise the protection wouldn’t be very useful.
minus-squareSoaringDE@feddit.orglinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up1·2 months agoBut then there would be no harm in just stating the rate limit :(
That’s because you’ve been rate limited trying passwords for an hour. When an attacker is randomly trying incorrect passwords, even the correct password will be rejected. Otherwise the protection wouldn’t be very useful.
But then there would be no harm in just stating the rate limit :(