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# Further measures against brute force attacks

> A brute force attack describes an attack where the hacker tries to get your credentials by guessing.

The brute force costs real money (computing power), and whether it is profitable is a simple calculation between costs and benefits.

To make a brute force attack less rewarding, we have limited the number of login attempts. And after a certain number, the user will be locked for a certain time.

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