Rate Limiting & Brute-Force Protection
Defend your Node.js APIs against abuse, denial-of-service, and credential-stuffing attacks by implementing rate limiting and brute-force protection.
Why Limit Requests?
Without limits, a single client can hammer your API thousands of times per second — scraping data, guessing passwords, or simply overloading the server.
Rate limiting caps how many requests a client may make in a time window.
Attacks Rate Limiting Prevents
Rate limiting is a frontline defense against:
- Brute-force login attempts
- Credential stuffing with leaked passwords
- Denial-of-service floods
- Scraping and API abuse
All lessons in this course
- Understanding OWASP Top 10
- Secure Coding Practices in Node.js
- Data Encryption & Hashing
- Rate Limiting & Brute-Force Protection