On Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:33:13 AM UTC+2, pbreit wrote:
>
> If I'm not mistaken, without the localhost requirement, a fraudster can go 
> to /admin and run a pretty simple dictionary attack since they only need to 
> guess the password.


Ok, as opposed to being required to know server, user and pass for a similar 
SSH attack?  This is a good point.   Perhaps we should add a slight delay in 
login processing for admin?  At least we can make brute force intractable.

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