Limit Login Attempts with Throttling
A snippet showing how to limit failed login attempts in Django.
# Example using django-axes
# Install: pip install django-axes
INSTALLED_APPS += ['axes']
MIDDLEWARE.insert(0, 'axes.middleware.AxesMiddleware') # top of middleware list
AXES_FAILURE_LIMIT = 5
AXES_COOLOFF_TIME = 1 # hour
Explanation:
- Limits login attempts and locks out accounts after a configurable number of failures.
- Category Security
- Total Views 1014
- Last Modified 25 February, 2026
- Tags #security #login #throttling #auth
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