# Use throttle plugin to detect brute force attempt

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-throttle-plugin-to-detect-brute-force-attempt/105379>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 26, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-throttle-plugin-to-detect-brute-force-attempt/105379 "2017-10-26T09:10:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gwen\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gwen\_P](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gwen_P)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-throttle-plugin-to-detect-brute-force-attempt/105379/1 "2017-10-26T09:10:52Z")

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Hi everyone,

I would like to detect bruteforce by using the throttle plugin but I'm not really sure that it is possible. For the input I'm using a csv file for the moment that contains logs with timestamp. Have someone already do the same thing or just now how to do it ?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-throttle-plugin-to-detect-brute-force-attempt/105379/2 "2017-11-23T09:11:03Z")

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Closed on November 23, 2017, 9:11am UTC

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