Tag: Rate Limiting

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How does rate limiting work to protect APIs from DOS attacks?

What is API Rate Limiting and How Does It Work? An API rate limit is a restriction that some APIs impose on the number of requests that can be made within a certain time period. It is put in place to prevent excessive usage of the API and to ensure that it is used fairly [...] Read More →
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What is a DDoS Attack and how can you protect DDoS Attack?

DDoS attacks or Distributed Denial of Service attacks are the most common hacking methods used to slow server speeds by flooding them with a surge of requests in a short period. In the worst case scenarios, the servers may crash and the entire system along with the mission-critical applications all shut down causing huge losses [...] Read More →