NCD Workshop - Task 8.1

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Task 8.1

The answer.js file contains the following:

'use strict'

const {
  PORT, HASH
} = process.env

function login (user, passwd) {
  return user === 'node' && passwd === 'developer'
}

Using the Node-core API's or any framework or libraries of your choice, build a web-server listening for requests on PORT.

This server should have a single endpoint /login which should only accept a POST method with 2 mandatory parameters: username and Password

Said parameters should be provided to the login-function in order to validate a user. If the login returns ‘true’ return status code ‘200’. If not, then return 401. There is no need to send any other info, just the status code.

• Modify the login function to check the password hashed provided in the variable HASH. This hash was created using 10 rounds of salt generation, compare the hash against the user submission.
• Track the failing login attempts per IP and ban an IP when 3 failing attempts occurred. Any subsequent call from this IP should not be allowed and should return a 500 status code.

answer.js

'use strict'

const {
  PORT, HASH
} = process.env

function login (user, passwd) {
  return user === 'node' && passwd === 'developer'
}

package.json

{
  "name": "submission",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "answer.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "UNLICENSED",
  "dependencies": {}
}