Rate Limiting Strategies: Protecting Your API from DDoS and Brute Force Attacks

This blog post explains rate limiting as a defensive control for APIs, detailing common algorithms (fixed window, sliding log, token bucket, leaky bucket), middleware options, best practices (customized limits, clear 429 responses, dynamic limits, monitoring), and advanced considerations such as distributed implementations and cloud/third-party solutions to mitigate DDoS and brute-force attacks.