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But then you (you= any person) have to consider that it'll block after some tries. It's different from a system that never blocks passwords, security question
by woliveirajr 10y ago
But then you (you= any person) have to consider that it'll block after some tries.
It's different from a system that never blocks passwords, security questions, and so on.
- robryk 10y agoAttacker's first attempt has a nonnegligible chance of success. Attacker can just do one attempt against one account and move to attacking a different account after each failure.
- Drdrdrq 10y agoGreat, then it's a DOS attack. Unless it is limited per IP, and then it's not effective again if attacker has a botnet.