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Re:Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest c... by delichon on Monday February 16, 2026 @09:32AM (#47035457)
Rate limiting is a DDoS protection.
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Re:Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest c... by bastawhiz on Monday February 16, 2026 @01:29PM (#47038387)
Pedantically: rate limiting is DoS prevention, not DDoS prevention. If you rate limit per IP, you're not mounting effective protection against a distributed attack. If you're rate limiting globally, you're taking your service offline for everyone.
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