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#### Brute-Force protection

Local Strategy should be protected against Brute-Force attacks. One simple and good technique is [limiting failed consecutive attempts](https://github.com/animir/node-rate-limiter-flexible/wiki/Overall-example#minimal-protection-against-password-brute-force). More secure technique is [limiting failed consecutive attempts and many from single IP](https://github.com/animir/node-rate-limiter-flexible/wiki/Overall-example#login-endpoint-protection)

## Examples

Developers using the popular [Express](http://expressjs.com/) web framework can
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