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view mod_limit_auth/README.md @ 6352:525655adfd3e
mod_report_affiliations: Fix traceback a non-user is sending a presence
For now we won’t touch their presence instead of emiting this traceback:
error Traceback[s2s]: /usr/lib/prosody/core/rostermanager.lua:275: attempt to concatenate a nil value (local 'username')
stack traceback:
/usr/lib/prosody/core/rostermanager.lua:275: in function 'prosody.core.rostermanager.is_user_subscribed'
...ules/mod_report_affiliations/mod_report_affiliations.lua:116: in field '?'
/usr/lib/prosody/util/events.lua:81: in function </usr/lib/prosody/util/events.lua:77>
(...tail calls...)
/usr/lib/prosody/core/stanza_router.lua:184: in upvalue 'core_post_stanza'
/usr/lib/prosody/modules/mod_presence.lua:244: in function </usr/lib/prosody/modules/mod_presence.lua:231>
(...tail calls...)
/usr/lib/prosody/util/events.lua:81: in function </usr/lib/prosody/util/events.lua:77>
(...tail calls...)
/usr/lib/prosody/core/stanza_router.lua:188: in upvalue 'core_post_stanza'
/usr/lib/prosody/core/stanza_router.lua:128: in upvalue 'core_process_stanza'
/usr/lib/prosody/modules/mod_s2s.lua:818: in upvalue 'func'
/usr/lib/prosody/util/async.lua:149: in function </usr/lib/prosody/util/async.lua:147>
| author | Link Mauve <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr> |
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| date | Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:19:43 +0100 |
| parents | fe081789f7b5 |
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--- summary: Throttle authentication attempts with optional tarpit ... Introduction ============ This module lets you put a per-IP limit on the number of failed authentication attempts. It features an optioanal [tarpit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpit_%28networking%29), i.e. waiting some time before returning an "authentication failed" response. Configuration ============= ``` {.lua} modules_enabled = { -- your other modules "limit_auth"; } limit_auth_period = 30 -- over 30 seconds limit_auth_max = 5 -- tolerate no more than 5 failed attempts -- Will only work with Prosody trunk: limit_auth_tarpit_delay = 10 -- delay answer this long ``` Compatibility ============= Requires 0.9 or later. The tarpit feature requires Prosody trunk.
