Since this is a global timeout for PAM, reducing it would change the
behavior for network services. However, as you point out, this isn't a
very effective way to discourage brute-forcing (especially for network
attempts -- it just forks another copy).
** Changed in: pam (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
Status: New => Triaged
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Annoying and useless delays on password entry errors
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138654
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