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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