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01 Feb 2023 10:08 #263430 by royka
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Ah that makes sense, hopefully this is incidental and not so many people who suffer from it. Otherwise it might be a good idea to check if it could be set a bit less aggressive/rigorous.

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01 Feb 2023 22:08 #263471 by JT
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Every time an IP is blocked temporally it's always been 5 attempts in a few seconds so it's a seasoned hacker for sure.

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18 Feb 2023 23:26 #264779 by DrKnow65
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I have been blocked for too many failed attempts for two days. I have tried powering down my router and modem. I presume that this is not me specifically but my area. Is there anything I can do other than using my cell phone as a wireless hotspot (which is how I managed to connect now and post this).

Not educated on VPN's as I think it would conflict with some of the Raspberry pi/Echolink ham radio stuff I've been into.

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19 Feb 2023 01:42 #264785 by royka
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I'm curious with which browser you've tried to login, because I'd the feeling it was because the browser tried to automatically login.

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19 Feb 2023 15:48 #264813 by DrKnow65
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Google chrome, but wouldn't it login successfully? The warning is failed login attempts.

I do also use firefox on the Pi, but I do not believe I have logged into the forum from the Pi.

I have cleared out the cookies to ensure it is not automagically logging me in every time I open the browser but I'll admit to not being an expert.
I am happy to have access again though :)

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19 Feb 2023 17:35 - 19 Feb 2023 17:39 #264818 by royka
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JT says it has to be a "a seasoned hacker" because it only blocks after 5 failed login attempts in a few seconds, maybe he's right but why would a seasoned hacker try to hack a LinuxCNC forum user account.
I'm also not an expert but Chromium/Chrome has an option to automatically login, I could imagine that there could be a situation it fails and repeats a few times.
The setting to automatically login is at: Settings -> Autofill -> Password manager -> Auto sign-in
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19 Feb 2023 17:55 #264819 by tommylight
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I would venture a guess at someone using primitive "brute force attack" to login, those are automated and can do much more than 5 attempts at login in inside a second, but usually they are set with some delay between attempts to avoid getting black listed.
Then again, this can also be done by a virus/worm that finds credentials and web sites and tries to login to everything it found with every password at it's disposal.
Using Linux pretty much eliminates the second option.

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19 Feb 2023 18:16 #264821 by royka
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That could be possible however it's the IP that's getting blocked and DrKnow65 was also using Linux. Or as what rodw mentioned a whole address block is getting blocked after spam detection and maybe this is also the case with failed logins?

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19 Feb 2023 20:21 #264826 by nf1z
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Just to add to the mystery, I got this message on the Linux box (Firefox) I am currently setting up for LinuxCNC, but was able to log in fine from this Windows laptop and a Windows desktop (Chrome). From another Linux box, it was also OK. That uses Firefox, but an older version.

They all use the same ISP IP address.

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19 Feb 2023 20:24 #264827 by nf1z
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Just to be clear, I was not trying to login when I got the message, just read a post.

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