Apply rate limiting to login pages/portals
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JJediny commented
Draft CIS Benchmark 1.1.9
Description
Login pages should be rate limited to increase resiliency against brute force attempts. This is configured via the following parameters: limit_req limit_req_zone Can further be combined with either the default 'limit_req' and 'limit_req_zone' configurations, or have additional (further limited) values for these login portals
Rationale
Limits the rate of attack on forms that provide system logon capabilities
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