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What role did rate limiting play in John Mosquera's security strategy for the client?
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Rate limiting played a crucial role in John's security strategy for the client. By implementing rate limiting rules through Cloudflare, John could control the number of requests a user or IP address could make within a specified time frame. This measure served multiple purposes: it protected against brute force attacks by limiting login attempts, mitigated the impact of DDoS attacks by restricting the rate of incoming requests, and prevented abuse of APIs or resource-intensive operations. Rate limiting also helped maintain the availability and performance of the client's web applications by ensuring that no single user or bot could overwhelm the system with excessive requests. John Mosquera utilized Cloudflare's rate limiting as a key component of the security strategy, protecting against brute force and DDoS attacks, preventing API abuse, and maintaining overall system availability and performance.