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[Security] Adding info where login attempts are stored #17135

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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions rate_limiter.rst
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Expand Up @@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ the :class:`Symfony\\Component\\RateLimiter\\Reservation` object returned by the
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.. _rate-limiter-storage:

Storing Rate Limiter State
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Expand Up @@ -1462,6 +1462,10 @@ You must enable this using the ``login_throttling`` setting:

The ``login_throttling.interval`` option was introduced in Symfony 5.3.

Internally, Symfony uses the :doc:`Rate Limiter component </rate_limiter>`
which by default uses Symfony's cache to store the previous login attempts.
However, you can implement a :ref:`custom storage <rate-limiter-storage>`.

Login attempts are limited on ``max_attempts`` (default: 5)
failed requests for ``IP address + username`` and ``5 * max_attempts``
failed requests for ``IP address``. The second limit protects against an
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