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Hotspot with "Password of the Day" or "Voucher" - How many attempts can be made?

Hello Folks!

Does anybody know how many (failed) attempts can be made when using the Password of the day and/or the Voucher-Function?
What will happen when this Count is reached?

On of our APs is located near to our neighbors, so they could easily spend a whole Weekend "bruteforcing"...

Thanks in Forward!

TJ

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0 Scott_Klassen over 10 years ago

See Definitions & Users > Authentication Services > Advanced in WebAdmin for changing attempts and lockout time for Hotspot.

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0 TJHooker74 over 10 years ago

Thank you!
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0 reinerh over 10 years ago

This setting only applies to hotspots with type "backend authentication".
There is no limit for voucher / password-of-the-day hotspots.
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0 TJHooker74 over 10 years ago

Ups! Thank you für this clarification...
I think this is somtehing Sophos should Change in comming Releases...
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0 vilic over 10 years ago

Actually, in the "Password of the day" scenario they will have only 24h to brute force it. Your neighbors should also have dedicated super computer for that purpose (in order to try every possible combination), and a script that will simulate login without human intervention.

If they manage to brute force the password, they will have Intenet access until remaining hours and the next day the procedure should be started again.

Let's be real, if they have all that knowledge and technology they probably have their own Internet connection..[;)]
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0 TJHooker74 over 10 years ago

You won! ;-)
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