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Comment by theappsecguy

1 day ago

Yes you still need recaptcha simply to avoid password stuffing attacks.

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damsalor  1 day ago

Certainly not in the mentioned 2fa scenario.

I would guess that simple rate limiting would do the trick for the rest

  • Zak  1 day ago

    Rate limiting does not solve this problem because botnets often don't make repeated requests from the same IP address. 2FA does solve it.

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