Mastodawn

When the edge is not yours and you cannot put Varnish in front, it is time to rate limit your Rails app from the inside 🛡️.

We are diving into how rack-attack works and why Rails 8 now ships with these quality of service protections out of the box 🚀

Read more to see how we are handling authenticated traffic and middleware configuration

👉 https://developer.upsun.com/posts/insights/rate-limiting-rails-apps-when-you-cant-put-varnish-in-front

#Rails #WebDev #RubyOnRails #RateLimiting

Michael Kopt May 26

Modernizing .NET Part 26! 🛡️

Today we’re implementing the Rate Limiting Middleware in ASP.NET Core.

✅ Concurrency control
✅ Stable response times under load
✅ No more cascading failures

https://medium.com/@michael.kopt/%EF%B8%8F-modernizing-net-part-26-implementing-rate-limiting-middleware-in-asp-net-core-29eb8451d762
#dotnet #csharp #dotnetcore #aspnet #aspnetcore #ratelimiting #performance

🛡️ Modernizing .NET — Part 26: Implementing Rate Limiting Middleware in ASP.NET Core

Boost performance and stability with ASP.NET Core Rate Limiting Middleware. Control concurrency and prevent service unresponsiveness.

Medium

Bug Bounty Shorts Apr 18

How I Turned an AI Search Endpoint into an Internal Org Intel Leak
This vulnerability was an authentication bypass and data leak involving an AI search endpoint acting as an oracle. The application failed to implement rate limiting, exposing presigned AWS S3 URLs without authentication to clients. Bypassed rate limits and enumerated valid prefixes, the researcher discovered a blueprint containing internal organization IDs, program eligibility logic, operational flags, system behavior hints—essentially a comprehensive system map. The researcher proposed adding strict rate limiting, revoking all existing presigned URLs, proxying requests through the backend, returning only necessary fields, sanitizing S3 payloads, removing internal metadata fields, adding logging and anomaly detection for enumeration patterns as mitigation measures. Key lesson: Combinations of seemingly minor flaws can lead to scalable vulnerabilities that provide a detailed system map #BugBounty #WebSecurity #DataLeak #APISecurity #RateLimiting

https://medium.com/@shxsu1/how-i-turned-an-ai-search-endpoint-into-an-internal-org-intel-leak-72ce87f61948?source=rss

How I Turned an AI Search Endpoint into an Internal Org Intel Leak

At first, it looked like nothing.

Medium

Shift Elevate Apr 13

🛡️ The Throttling pattern addresses system protection in distributed environments by implementing rate limiting mechanisms that control request processing rates. By using algorithms like Token Bucket, Sliding Window, and Fixed Window, applications can ensure fair resource allocation while preventing system overload.

💡 The key insight is that not all traffic is equal — by implementing intelligent rate limiting with proper monitoring and configuration, systems can maintain stability even during unexpected traffic spikes.

#DistributedSystems #SystemArchitecture #RateLimiting #SystemProtection #SoftwareEngineering

https://newsletter.shiftelevate.dev/p/throttling-pattern-controlling-request-rates-for-system-protection

Throttling Pattern: Controlling Request Rates for System Protection

Master the Throttling pattern with rate limiting algorithms, configuration strategies, with Java implementations for protecting systems from overload in distributed environments.

Shift Elevate