When you enter the sudo password wrong and now have to wait for the cooldown timer.
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When you enter the sudo password wrong and now have to wait for the cooldown timer.
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It knows if your password is correct almost instantly by hashing it and checking it against the hash in /etc/shadow. It’s intentionally blocking the thread to help mitigate bruteforcing.

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