Rate Limiting
A technique that limits how many requests a user or IP can make in a given time period.
Rate limiting is a security and performance mechanism that restricts the number of requests a client can make to a server within a defined time window (e.g., 100 requests per minute). If the limit is exceeded, subsequent requests are blocked or delayed, typically returning an HTTP 429 (Too Many Requests) response. Rate limiting protects against brute-force attacks, API abuse, web scraping, and denial-of-service attempts. Cloudflare error 1015 appears when a visitor exceeds a rate limit configured by the site owner.
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