Improve ratelimit on registration

changelog.d/4804.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add configurable rate limiting to the /register endpoint.

docs/sample_config.yaml

@@ -393,6 +393,17 @@ federation_rc_reject_limit: 50
 #
 federation_rc_concurrent: 3
 
+# Number of registration requests a client can send per second.
+# Defaults to 1/minute (0.17).
+#
+#rc_registration_requests_per_second: 0.17
+
+# Number of registration requests a client can send before being
+# throttled.
+# Defaults to 3.
+#
+#rc_registration_request_burst_count: 3.0
+
 
 
 # Directory where uploaded images and attachments are stored.
@@ -580,6 +591,8 @@ turn_allow_guests: True
 
 
 ## Registration ##
+# Registration can be rate-limited using the parameters in the "Ratelimiting"
+# section of this file.
 
 # Enable registration for new users.
 enable_registration: False
@@ -657,17 +670,6 @@ trusted_third_party_id_servers:
 #
 autocreate_auto_join_rooms: true
 
-# Number of registration requests a client can send per second.
-# Defaults to 1/minute (0.17).
-#
-#rc_registration_requests_per_second: 0.17
-
-# Number of registration requests a client can send before being
-# throttled.
-# Defaults to 3.
-#
-#rc_registration_request_burst_count: 3.0
-
 
 ## Metrics ###
 

synapse/config/ratelimiting.py

@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ def read_config(self, config):
         self.federation_rc_reject_limit = config["federation_rc_reject_limit"]
         self.federation_rc_concurrent = config["federation_rc_concurrent"]
 
+        self.rc_registration_requests_per_second = config.get(
+            "rc_registration_requests_per_second", 0.17,
+        )
+        self.rc_registration_request_burst_count = config.get(
+            "rc_registration_request_burst_count", 3,
+        )
+
     def default_config(self, **kwargs):
         return """\
         ## Ratelimiting ##
@@ -62,4 +69,15 @@ def default_config(self, **kwargs):
         # single server
         #
         federation_rc_concurrent: 3
+
+        # Number of registration requests a client can send per second.
+        # Defaults to 1/minute (0.17).
+        #
+        #rc_registration_requests_per_second: 0.17
+
+        # Number of registration requests a client can send before being
+        # throttled.
+        # Defaults to 3.
+        #
+        #rc_registration_request_burst_count: 3.0
         """

synapse/config/registration.py

@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@ def read_config(self, config):
             config.get("disable_msisdn_registration", False)
         )
 
-        self.rc_registration_requests_per_second = config.get(
-            "rc_registration_requests_per_second", 0.17,
-        )
-        self.rc_registration_request_burst_count = config.get(
-            "rc_registration_request_burst_count", 3,
-        )
-
     def default_config(self, generate_secrets=False, **kwargs):
         if generate_secrets:
             registration_shared_secret = 'registration_shared_secret: "%s"' % (
@@ -71,6 +64,8 @@ def default_config(self, generate_secrets=False, **kwargs):
 
         return """\
         ## Registration ##
+        # Registration can be rate-limited using the parameters in the "Ratelimiting"
+        # section of this file.
 
         # Enable registration for new users.
         enable_registration: False
@@ -147,17 +142,6 @@ def default_config(self, generate_secrets=False, **kwargs):
         # users cannot be auto-joined since they do not exist.
         #
         autocreate_auto_join_rooms: true
-
-        # Number of registration requests a client can send per second.
-        # Defaults to 1/minute (0.17).
-        #
-        #rc_registration_requests_per_second: 0.17
-
-        # Number of registration requests a client can send before being
-        # throttled.
-        # Defaults to 3.
-        #
-        #rc_registration_request_burst_count: 3.0
         """ % locals()
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):

synapse/handlers/register.py

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs):
         self.user_directory_handler = hs.get_user_directory_handler()
         self.captcha_client = CaptchaServerHttpClient(hs)
         self.identity_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
-        self.ratelimiter = hs.get_ratelimiter()
+        self.ratelimiter = hs.get_registration_ratelimiter()
 
         self._next_generated_user_id = None
 

synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs):
         self.identity_handler = hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
         self.room_member_handler = hs.get_room_member_handler()
         self.macaroon_gen = hs.get_macaroon_generator()
-        self.ratelimiter = hs.get_ratelimiter()
+        self.ratelimiter = hs.get_registration_ratelimiter()
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
 
     @interactive_auth_handler

synapse/server.py

@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ def __init__(self, hostname, reactor=None, **kwargs):
         self.clock = Clock(reactor)
         self.distributor = Distributor()
         self.ratelimiter = Ratelimiter()
+        self.registration_ratelimiter = Ratelimiter()
 
         self.datastore = None
 
@@ -251,6 +252,9 @@ def get_distributor(self):
     def get_ratelimiter(self):
         return self.ratelimiter
 
+    def get_registration_ratelimiter(self):
+        return self.registration_ratelimiter
+
     def build_federation_client(self):
         return FederationClient(self)