Finding a Login Protection Solution

James+Stephen

Finding a Login Protection Solution

For any website, robust login protection is crucial. Existing solutions often fall short of my requirements:

  1. Security
  2. Dynamic capability
  3. Resistance to brute force attacks

I analyzed many options and initially considered Aerospike and ScyllaDB as ideal solutions. However, I abandoned these ideas because they proved too difficult to compile from source on standard Linux systems. I attempted builds on both Debian and Alpine with no success.

I prefer not to use pre-compiled binaries for security reasons. Given the complexity of building these databases, I decided they weren’t practical choices.

Eventually, I turned to Redis, which I successfully compiled from source. To enhance security, I implemented HAProxy’s TLS tunnel with CA certificates rather than relying on Redis’s built-in TLS. I chose HAProxy due to its widespread use and thorough community scrutiny.

This combination provided my final solution..