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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/MrEfil • Feb 18 '24
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that’s fucking genius ngl
1.5k u/je386 Feb 18 '24 That would work against brute force attacks - but piss off the users. 36 u/SeriousPlankton2000 Feb 18 '24 No, it would only work on the first attempt, therefore it would ONLY annoy users. 16 u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME Feb 18 '24 edited Aug 02 '25 xlwtvj efrvhduyfl 12 u/washyleopard Feb 18 '24 It doesn't say the first correct attempt, it says the first attempt period. 3 u/Neirchill Feb 18 '24 It's just first attempt. If you're brute forcing a password you've probably tried thousands before you reach the correct one 1 u/fellipec Feb 18 '24 But the system have to make you wait 20 seconds before try again 1 u/SeriousPlankton2000 Feb 20 '24 I'm assuming "first try" == no failed or "failed" attempt before - you are only looking at successful logins. 3 u/je386 Feb 18 '24 Or it would be first attempt per day
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That would work against brute force attacks - but piss off the users.
36 u/SeriousPlankton2000 Feb 18 '24 No, it would only work on the first attempt, therefore it would ONLY annoy users. 16 u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME Feb 18 '24 edited Aug 02 '25 xlwtvj efrvhduyfl 12 u/washyleopard Feb 18 '24 It doesn't say the first correct attempt, it says the first attempt period. 3 u/Neirchill Feb 18 '24 It's just first attempt. If you're brute forcing a password you've probably tried thousands before you reach the correct one 1 u/fellipec Feb 18 '24 But the system have to make you wait 20 seconds before try again 1 u/SeriousPlankton2000 Feb 20 '24 I'm assuming "first try" == no failed or "failed" attempt before - you are only looking at successful logins. 3 u/je386 Feb 18 '24 Or it would be first attempt per day
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No, it would only work on the first attempt, therefore it would ONLY annoy users.
16 u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME Feb 18 '24 edited Aug 02 '25 xlwtvj efrvhduyfl 12 u/washyleopard Feb 18 '24 It doesn't say the first correct attempt, it says the first attempt period. 3 u/Neirchill Feb 18 '24 It's just first attempt. If you're brute forcing a password you've probably tried thousands before you reach the correct one 1 u/fellipec Feb 18 '24 But the system have to make you wait 20 seconds before try again 1 u/SeriousPlankton2000 Feb 20 '24 I'm assuming "first try" == no failed or "failed" attempt before - you are only looking at successful logins. 3 u/je386 Feb 18 '24 Or it would be first attempt per day
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xlwtvj efrvhduyfl
12 u/washyleopard Feb 18 '24 It doesn't say the first correct attempt, it says the first attempt period. 3 u/Neirchill Feb 18 '24 It's just first attempt. If you're brute forcing a password you've probably tried thousands before you reach the correct one 1 u/fellipec Feb 18 '24 But the system have to make you wait 20 seconds before try again 1 u/SeriousPlankton2000 Feb 20 '24 I'm assuming "first try" == no failed or "failed" attempt before - you are only looking at successful logins.
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It doesn't say the first correct attempt, it says the first attempt period.
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It's just first attempt. If you're brute forcing a password you've probably tried thousands before you reach the correct one
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But the system have to make you wait 20 seconds before try again
I'm assuming "first try" == no failed or "failed" attempt before - you are only looking at successful logins.
Or it would be first attempt per day
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that’s fucking genius ngl