Preventing Brute Force Using Node and Express JS

So after doing some searching, I wasn't able to find a solution I liked so I wrote my own based on Trevor's solution and express-brute. You can find it here.

Maybe something like this might help you get started.

var failures = {};function tryToLogin() {    var f = failures[remoteIp];    if (f && Date.now() < f.nextTry) {        // Throttled. Can't try yet.        return res.error();    }    // Otherwise do login    ...}function onLoginFail() {    var f = failures[remoteIp] = failures[remoteIp] || {count: 0, nextTry: new Date()};    ++f.count;    f.nextTry.setTime(Date.now() + 2000 * f.count); // Wait another two seconds for every failed attempt}function onLoginSuccess() { delete failures[remoteIp]; }// Clean up people that have given upvar MINS10 = 600000, MINS30 = 3 * MINS10;setInterval(function() {    for (var ip in failures) {        if (Date.now() - failures[ip].nextTry > MINS10) {            delete failures[ip];        }    }}, MINS30);

rate-limiter-flexible package with Redis or Mongo for distributed apps and in-Memory or with Cluster helps

Here is example with Redis

const { RateLimiterRedis } = require('rate-limiter-flexible');const Redis = require('ioredis');const redisClient = new Redis({  options: {    enableOfflineQueue: false  }});const opts = {  redis: redisClient,  points: 5, // 5 points  duration: 15 * 60, // Per 15 minutes  blockDuration: 15 * 60, // block for 15 minutes if more than points consumed };const rateLimiter = new RateLimiterRedis(opts);app.post('/auth', (req, res, next) => {  const loggedIn = loginUser();  if (!loggedIn) {      // Consume 1 point for each failed login attempt      rateLimiter.consume(req.connection.remoteAddress)        .then((data) => {          // Message to user          res.status(400).send(data.remainingPoints + ' attempts left');        })        .catch((rejRes) => {          // Blocked          const secBeforeNext = Math.ceil(rejRes.msBeforeNext / 1000) || 1;          res.set('Retry-After', String(secBeforeNext));          res.status(429).send('Too Many Requests');        });  } else {    // successful login  }});