feat(security): add rate limiting to POST requests #249
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# [1.18.0](v1.17.3...v1.18.0) (2019-11-23) ### Features * **security:** add rate limiting to POST requests ([#249](#249)) ([eedb462](eedb462))
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What does this PR do / solve?
Malicious users may want to brute force our
/loginendpoint to guess a user's credentials.Overview of changes
Rate limiting POST requests reduces the effectiveness of this kind of attack.
How to test this PR?
After deploying this PR to production: