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How to Set Up Login Lockdown

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Jun 11, 2026

For WordPress: Login Lockdown Plugin

# Install "Login Lockdown" or "Limit Login Attempts Reloaded"

For System-wide: Using pam_tally2

sudo nano /etc/pam.d/sshd
auth required pam_tally2.so deny=5 unlock_time=600

For Web Applications: Custom Rate Limiting (Nginx)

limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=login:10m rate=1r/m;
location /login {
limit_req zone=login burst=2 nodelay;
proxy_pass http://backend;
}

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