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title: Brute Force Protection
slug: end-user-guide-3-2-0/brute-force-protection
description: Learn what happens when there are unsuccessful attempts to authenticate with an HTTP proxy and how a user may be temporarily locked out. Find out what steps to take if you are confident about your credentials but still can't authenticate, and how the admi
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createdAt: 2022-08-10T14:44:20.000Z
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As a result of unsuccessful authentication attempts with HTTP proxy, the user may be locked for a certain period due to predetermined parameters. If you fail to authenticate to HTTP-proxy successfully and you are sure that you entered the username and password correctly, contact the administrator.