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Consider brute-force protection on the Server-to-Server Sharing Endpoint

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Description

This is a little bit a trickier one, having brute-force protection there as well would be nice. However, the way S2S is implemented right now may lead to people locking out servers by intention.

Needs some more thoughts as well as status messages so that the other Nextcloud partiall throttles. Related to https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/437

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Research direction

Start by reading the current Server-to-Server Sharing implementation and the related Nextcloud issue 437. Clarify how brute-force protection and status messages should work with partial throttling, including how to avoid intentionally locking out servers; done requires an agreed design and corresponding implementation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
api, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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