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> What would be an example of "exploiting a rate limiting bug"? All sorts of possibilities spring to mind for that. :) Here's a hypothetical example. Lets sa
by justinclift 3y ago
> What would be an example of "exploiting a rate limiting bug"?
All sorts of possibilities spring to mind for that. :)
Here's a hypothetical example. Lets say you discovered a logic bug in the API limit code along these lines: "So, it turns out if you have an `X-Forwarded-For` header in the request, then the request is processed properly except it isn't counted towards the limit. Effectively a bypass."
Exploiting this one would of course be trivial, as you'd just need to set that header for all your requests.