Policy
Enable authentication rate limiter
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows11, WindowsServer2025
This policy controls whether the SMB server will enable or disable the authentication rate limiter. If you disable this policy setting, the authentication rate limiter will not be enabled. If you do not configure this policy setting, the authentication rate limiter may still be working depending on the delay settings (the recommended delay value is 2000ms).
Internal name
Pol_EnableAuthRateLimiter
Policy ID
168cde0b0d7d
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LanmanServer\EnableAuthRateLimiter | REG_DWORD | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.
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