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Who cares if they pay attention to 429s? Your load balancer is giving them the boot, and your expensive backend resources aren't being wasted. They can make req
by noident 1y ago
Who cares if they pay attention to 429s? Your load balancer is giving them the boot, and your expensive backend resources aren't being wasted. They can make requests until the cows come home; they're not getting anything until they slow down.
- ranger_danger 1y agoIf you're rate-limiting by IP, well... some entire countries have only a handful (or one) externally visible IP.
- patmorgan23 1y agoFor IPv4 sure, but have you heard of our Lord and Savior IPv6?
- ranger_danger 1y agoMy local monopoly hasn't. Maybe in 20 years.
- DamonHD 1y agoAnd some of the bad bots are snowshoeing across many many IPs (and fabricating UAs). How is that load balancer going to help?