feat: add per-IP rate limiting to login endpoint (#78)
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## Summary

Adds per-IP rate limiting to `POST /api/v1/login` to prevent brute-force password attacks.

closes #35

## What Changed

### New package: `internal/ratelimit/`

A generic per-key token-bucket rate limiter built on `golang.org/x/time/rate`:
- `New(ratePerSec, burst)` creates a limiter with automatic background cleanup of stale entries
- `Allow(key)` checks if a request from the given key should be permitted
- `Stop()` terminates the background sweep goroutine
- Stale entries (unused for 15 minutes) are pruned every 10 minutes

### Login handler integration

The login handler (`internal/handlers/auth.go`) now:
1. Extracts the client IP from `X-Forwarded-For`, `X-Real-IP`, or `RemoteAddr`
2. Checks the per-IP rate limiter before processing the login
3. Returns **429 Too Many Requests** with a `Retry-After: 1` header when the limit is exceeded

### Configuration

Two new environment variables (via Viper):

| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT` | `1` | Allowed login attempts per second per IP |
| `LOGIN_RATE_BURST` | `5` | Maximum burst of login attempts per IP |

### Scope

Per [sneak's instruction](#35), only the login endpoint is rate-limited. Session creation and registration use hashcash proof-of-work instead.

## Tests

- 6 unit tests for the `ratelimit` package (constructor, burst, burst exceeded, key isolation, key tracking, stop)
- 2 integration tests in `api_test.go`:
  - `TestLoginRateLimitExceeded`: exhausts burst with rapid requests, verifies 429 response and `Retry-After` header
  - `TestLoginRateLimitAllowsNormalUse`: verifies normal login still works

## README

- Added "Login Rate Limiting" subsection under "Rate Limiting & Abuse Prevention"
- Added `LOGIN_RATE_LIMIT` and `LOGIN_RATE_BURST` to the Configuration table

Co-authored-by: clawbot <clawbot@noreply.git.eeqj.de>
Reviewed-on: #78
Co-authored-by: clawbot <clawbot@noreply.example.org>
Co-committed-by: clawbot <clawbot@noreply.example.org>
This commit was merged in pull request #78.
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2026-03-22 00:39:38 +01:00
committed by Jeffrey Paul
parent 5f3c0633f6
commit 08f57bc105
9 changed files with 431 additions and 5 deletions

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@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handleLogin(
writer http.ResponseWriter,
request *http.Request,
) {
ip := clientIP(request)
if !hdlr.loginLimiter.Allow(ip) {
writer.Header().Set(
"Retry-After", "1",
)
hdlr.respondError(
writer, request,
"too many login attempts, try again later",
http.StatusTooManyRequests,
)
return
}
type loginRequest struct {
Nick string `json:"nick"`
Password string `json:"password"`
@@ -58,6 +73,16 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handleLogin(
return
}
hdlr.executeLogin(
writer, request, payload.Nick, payload.Password,
)
}
func (hdlr *Handlers) executeLogin(
writer http.ResponseWriter,
request *http.Request,
nick, password string,
) {
remoteIP := clientIP(request)
hostname := resolveHostname(
@@ -67,8 +92,7 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handleLogin(
sessionID, clientID, token, err :=
hdlr.params.Database.LoginUser(
request.Context(),
payload.Nick,
payload.Password,
nick, password,
remoteIP, hostname,
)
if err != nil {
@@ -84,20 +108,20 @@ func (hdlr *Handlers) handleLogin(
hdlr.stats.IncrConnections()
hdlr.deliverMOTD(
request, clientID, sessionID, payload.Nick,
request, clientID, sessionID, nick,
)
// Initialize channel state so the new client knows
// which channels the session already belongs to.
hdlr.initChannelState(
request, clientID, sessionID, payload.Nick,
request, clientID, sessionID, nick,
)
hdlr.setAuthCookie(writer, request, token)
hdlr.respondJSON(writer, request, map[string]any{
"id": sessionID,
"nick": payload.Nick,
"nick": nick,
}, http.StatusOK)
}