Changes for page Authentication API

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From version 7.1
edited by Simon Urli
on 2019/07/19 18:12
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To version 8.1
edited by Simon Urli
on 2019/07/19 18:14
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6 6  The configuration of a the module allows to setup three information:
7 7   * the authentication failure strategies (default is CAPTCHA)
8 8   * the maximum number of failing login attempts authorized before activating a strategy (default is 3)
9 - * the time window during which those attempts should occur (default is 3 minutes)
9 + * the time window during which those attempts should occur (default is 5 minutes)
10 10  
11 11  Setting no strategy or 0 to the maximum number of attempts, or to the time window will disable the feature.
12 +This configuration is available in the Administration > Authentication page by default.
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15 +image:authentication-security-administration.png
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13 13  = Authentication Failure Manager =
14 14  
15 15  This component is responsible to record the authentication failures, and to trigger the strategies based on the given configuration.
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22 22  
23 23  This is the default strategy. When a user reached the limit number of authentication attempts, a CAPTCHA is displayed in the login page, and the user have to solve it in order to be login.
24 24  
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31 +image:authentication-captcha.png
32 +{{/gallery}}
33 +
25 25  == Disable Account ==
26 26  
27 27  This strategy will automatically [[disable the user account>>xwiki:Documentation.AdminGuide.User Management||anchor="HEnable%2FDisableUserAccount"]] in case of repeated authentication failure. In that case he needs to contact an administrator of the wiki to enable it back.
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39 +image:account-disabled-warning.png
40 +{{/gallery}}
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29 29  = Events =
30 30  
31 31  Two new events are provided:

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