feat: add per-IP rate limiting to login endpoint (#78)
All checks were successful
check / check (push) Successful in 6s

## 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.
This commit is contained in:
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

View File

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
package ratelimit_test
import (
"testing"
"git.eeqj.de/sneak/neoirc/internal/ratelimit"
)
func TestNewCreatesLimiter(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
limiter := ratelimit.New(1.0, 5)
defer limiter.Stop()
if limiter == nil {
t.Fatal("expected non-nil limiter")
}
}
func TestAllowWithinBurst(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
limiter := ratelimit.New(1.0, 3)
defer limiter.Stop()
for i := range 3 {
if !limiter.Allow("192.168.1.1") {
t.Fatalf(
"request %d should be allowed within burst",
i+1,
)
}
}
}
func TestAllowExceedsBurst(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
// Rate of 0 means no token replenishment, only burst.
limiter := ratelimit.New(0, 3)
defer limiter.Stop()
for range 3 {
limiter.Allow("10.0.0.1")
}
if limiter.Allow("10.0.0.1") {
t.Fatal("fourth request should be denied after burst exhausted")
}
}
func TestAllowSeparateKeys(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
// Rate of 0, burst of 1 — only one request per key.
limiter := ratelimit.New(0, 1)
defer limiter.Stop()
if !limiter.Allow("10.0.0.1") {
t.Fatal("first request for key A should be allowed")
}
if !limiter.Allow("10.0.0.2") {
t.Fatal("first request for key B should be allowed")
}
if limiter.Allow("10.0.0.1") {
t.Fatal("second request for key A should be denied")
}
if limiter.Allow("10.0.0.2") {
t.Fatal("second request for key B should be denied")
}
}
func TestLenTracksKeys(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
limiter := ratelimit.New(1.0, 5)
defer limiter.Stop()
if limiter.Len() != 0 {
t.Fatalf("expected 0 entries, got %d", limiter.Len())
}
limiter.Allow("10.0.0.1")
limiter.Allow("10.0.0.2")
if limiter.Len() != 2 {
t.Fatalf("expected 2 entries, got %d", limiter.Len())
}
// Same key again should not increase count.
limiter.Allow("10.0.0.1")
if limiter.Len() != 2 {
t.Fatalf("expected 2 entries, got %d", limiter.Len())
}
}
func TestStopDoesNotPanic(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
limiter := ratelimit.New(1.0, 5)
limiter.Stop()
}