Brute Force Detection Plugin

Simple brute force login detector

Background

While developing an application we were getting 1000s of brute force attacks so
we decided to create a plugin to handle detection of this to block the users.

Requirements

• PHP 5.3+
• CakePHP 1.3
• Minor intelligence

Get The Source

[Manual]

1. Download this: http://github.com/jonbradley/Brute-Force-Detection/zipball/master
2. Unzip that download.
3. Copy the resulting folder to app/plugins
4. Rename the folder you just copied to @intrusion

[GIT Clone]

• In your plugin directory type
  

  git clone [email protected]:jonbradley/Brute-Force-Detection.git brute_force

Installation

• Import the database schema
  

  ./cake/console/cake schema -plugin brute_force_ create

• Rename and update the config in detect/config/settings.php:

• Include the detect component in your app_controller.php:
  

  public $components = array('BruteForce.Detect');

• Add the following to your beforeFilter
  

  $this->set('blocked', $this->Detect->checkForPenalty());

Now you can call $blocked anywhere you wish in your views

Options

1. max_penalty : time in seconds of the penalty
2. max_attempts : max number of attempts until the user is blocked
3. look_back : amount of time to look back to block a user
4. notify : email to nofiy of the block

Todo

• Add new features, and no I have no clue what they should be right now

License

Copyright © 2011 Jonathan Bradley

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of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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