webaccess: Always sleep for 1s before returning HTTP 401

Not all authentication plugins require the Authorization header, so it
might not be present in subsequent attempts. (In particular, a reverse
proxy might strip it.)
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Richard Hansen 2020-08-26 21:44:26 -04:00 committed by John McLear
parent 442fe1e86f
commit d4162341e7

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@ -35,17 +35,12 @@ exports.checkAccess = (req, res, next) => {
const failure = () => {
return hooks.aCallFirst('authFailure', {req, res, next}, hookResultMangle((ok) => {
if (ok) return;
/* No plugin handler for invalid auth. Return Auth required
* Headers, delayed for 1 second, if authentication failed
* before. */
// No plugin handled the authn/authz failure. Fall back to basic authentication.
res.header('WWW-Authenticate', 'Basic realm="Protected Area"');
if (req.headers.authorization) {
setTimeout(() => {
res.status(401).send('Authentication required');
}, 1000);
} else {
res.status(401).send('Authentication required');
}
// Delay the error response for 1s to slow down brute force attacks.
setTimeout(() => {
res.status(401).send('Authentication Required');
}, 1000);
}));
};