The simplest possible way to prevent brute-force logins

[SiteKickr]

http://www.sitekickr.com/blog/simplest-prevent-brute-force-logins/

[oaf357]

Wouldn't you want to know who/what was trying to brute force your site before just letting it try again five minutes later? If not, I guess that's fine but ultimately I would want to know how many times that login attempt threshold has been breached per account.