diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8c33a8a..b890765 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-util",
  "tower 0.4.13",
  "tower-http",
+ "tower_governor",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "utoipa",
@@ -801,6 +802,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot_core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dashmap"
+version = "6.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5041cc499144891f3790297212f32a74fb938e5136a14943f338ef9e0ae276cf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
+ "lock_api",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "data-encoding"
 version = "2.10.0"
@@ -1084,6 +1099,12 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d9c4f5dac5e15c24eb999c26181a6ca40b39fe946cbe4c263c7209467bc83af2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foldhash"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77ce24cb58228fbb8aa041425bb1050850ac19177686ea6e0f41a70416f56fdb"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "foreign-types"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -1108,6 +1129,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "forwarded-header-value"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8835f84f38484cc86f110a805655697908257fb9a7af005234060891557198e9"
+dependencies = [
+ "nonempty",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "frontend"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1214,6 +1245,12 @@ version = "0.3.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f90f7dce0722e95104fcb095585910c0977252f286e354b5e3bd38902cd99988"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-timer"
+version = "3.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f288b0a4f20f9a56b5d1da57e2227c661b7b16168e2f72365f57b63326e29b24"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-util"
 version = "0.3.31"
@@ -1337,6 +1374,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "governor"
+version = "0.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9efcab3c1958580ff1f25a2a41be1668f7603d849bb63af523b208a3cc1223b8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "dashmap 6.1.0",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-timer",
+ "futures-util",
+ "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "hashbrown 0.16.1",
+ "nonzero_ext",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "quanta",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
+ "smallvec",
+ "spinning_top",
+ "web-time",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "group"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -1348,6 +1408,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "h2"
+version = "0.4.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2f44da3a8150a6703ed5d34e164b875fd14c2cdab9af1252a9a1020bde2bdc54"
+dependencies = [
+ "atomic-waker",
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "http 1.4.0",
+ "indexmap",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "half"
 version = "2.7.1"
@@ -1373,7 +1452,7 @@ checksum = "9229cfe53dfd69f0609a49f65461bd93001ea1ef889cd5529dd176593f5338a1"
 dependencies = [
  "allocator-api2",
  "equivalent",
- "foldhash",
+ "foldhash 0.1.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1381,6 +1460,11 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.16.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "841d1cc9bed7f9236f321df977030373f4a4163ae1a7dbfe1a51a2c1a51d9100"
+dependencies = [
+ "allocator-api2",
+ "equivalent",
+ "foldhash 0.2.0",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashlink"
@@ -1569,6 +1653,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
+ "h2",
  "http 1.4.0",
  "http-body 1.0.1",
  "httparse",
@@ -1578,6 +1663,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-utils",
  "smallvec",
  "tokio",
+ "want",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-timeout"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b90d566bffbce6a75bd8b09a05aa8c2cb1fabb6cb348f8840c9e4c90a0d83b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "hyper 1.8.1",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-service",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1600,13 +1699,18 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "727805d60e7938b76b826a6ef209eb70eaa1812794f9424d4a4e2d740662df5f"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
  "http 1.4.0",
  "http-body 1.0.1",
  "hyper 1.8.1",
+ "libc",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "socket2 0.6.2",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2229,6 +2333,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "minimal-lexical",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nonempty"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e9e591e719385e6ebaeb5ce5d3887f7d5676fceca6411d1925ccc95745f3d6f7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "nonzero_ext"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38bf9645c8b145698bb0b18a4637dcacbc421ea49bef2317e4fd8065a387cf21"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nu-ansi-term"
 version = "0.50.3"
@@ -2700,6 +2816,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "yansi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quanta"
+version = "0.12.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3ab5a9d756f0d97bdc89019bd2e4ea098cf9cde50ee7564dde6b81ccc8f06c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "raw-cpuid",
+ "wasi",
+ "web-sys",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.31.0"
@@ -2806,6 +2937,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "raw-cpuid"
+version = "11.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "498cd0dc59d73224351ee52a95fee0f1a617a2eae0e7d9d720cc622c73a54186"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.5.18"
@@ -3196,7 +3336,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "ciborium",
  "const_format",
- "dashmap",
+ "dashmap 5.5.3",
  "futures",
  "gloo-net 0.6.0",
  "http 1.4.0",
@@ -3375,6 +3515,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "lock_api",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spinning_top"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d96d2d1d716fb500937168cc09353ffdc7a012be8475ac7308e1bdf0e3923300"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "spki"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -3917,6 +4066,35 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5d99f8c9a7727884afe522e9bd5edbfc91a3312b36a77b5fb8926e4c31a41801"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic"
+version = "0.14.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a286e33f82f8a1ee2df63f4fa35c0becf4a85a0cb03091a15fd7bf0b402dc94a"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "bytes",
+ "h2",
+ "http 1.4.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.8.1",
+ "hyper-timeout",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project",
+ "socket2 0.6.2",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tower 0.5.3",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.4.13"
@@ -3941,9 +4119,12 @@ checksum = "ebe5ef63511595f1344e2d5cfa636d973292adc0eec1f0ad45fae9f0851ab1d4"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
+ "indexmap",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "slab",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -3988,6 +4169,23 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8df9b6e13f2d32c91b9bd719c00d1958837bc7dec474d94952798cc8e69eeec3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower_governor"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44de9b94d849d3c46e06a883d72d408c2de6403367b39df2b1c9d9e7b6736fe6"
+dependencies = [
+ "axum",
+ "forwarded-header-value",
+ "governor",
+ "http 1.4.0",
+ "pin-project",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "tonic",
+ "tower 0.5.3",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
 version = "0.1.44"
@@ -4404,6 +4602,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-time"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a6580f308b1fad9207618087a65c04e7a10bc77e02c8e84e9b00dd4b12fa0bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "whoami"
 version = "1.6.1"
@@ -4414,6 +4622,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-util"
 version = "0.1.11"
@@ -4423,6 +4647,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.62.2"
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index b3c0ad6..7d61aee 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ axum-extra = { version = "0.10", features = ["cookie"] }
 rand = "0.8"
 anyhow = "1.0.101"
 time = { version = "0.3.47", features = ["serde", "formatting", "parsing"] }
+tower_governor = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index 83232d0..f3ab523 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use tower_http::{
 };
 use utoipa::OpenApi;
 use utoipa_swagger_ui::SwaggerUi;
+use tower_governor::{governor::GovernorConfigBuilder, GovernorLayer};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct AppState {
@@ -450,12 +451,27 @@ async fn main() {
         }
     });
 
+    // Rate Limit Configuration for Login
+    // Allow 5 login attempts per IP, regenerating 1 token every second (effectively 5 attempts burst, then 1/sec)
+    let governor_conf = Box::new(
+        GovernorConfigBuilder::default()
+            .per_second(1)
+            .burst_size(5)
+            .finish()
+            .unwrap(),
+    );
+
     let app = Router::new()
         .merge(SwaggerUi::new("/swagger-ui").url("/api-docs/openapi.json", ApiDoc::openapi()))
         // Setup & Auth Routes
         .route("/api/setup/status", get(handlers::setup::get_setup_status_handler))
         .route("/api/setup", post(handlers::setup::setup_handler))
-        .route("/api/auth/login", post(handlers::auth::login_handler))
+        .route(
+            "/api/auth/login",
+            post(handlers::auth::login_handler).layer(GovernorLayer {
+                config: Box::leak(governor_conf),
+            })
+        )
         .route("/api/auth/logout", post(handlers::auth::logout_handler))
         .route("/api/auth/check", get(handlers::auth::check_auth_handler))
         // App Routes