API Security

  1. Traffic and Request Management
    1. Rate Limiting Strategies
      1. Rate Limiting Algorithms
        1. Token Bucket
          1. Leaky Bucket
            1. Fixed Window
              1. Sliding Window
              2. Rate Limiting Scopes
                1. Per User Limits
                  1. Per IP Address Limits
                    1. Per API Key Limits
                      1. Global Rate Limits
                      2. Implementation Approaches
                        1. Application-Level Limiting
                          1. Gateway-Level Limiting
                            1. Distributed Rate Limiting
                              1. Redis-Based Limiting
                            2. Request Size Management
                              1. Payload Size Limits
                                1. Upload Size Restrictions
                                  1. Memory Protection
                                    1. Bandwidth Conservation
                                    2. Traffic Analysis and Control
                                      1. Bot Detection
                                        1. Behavioral Analysis
                                          1. Fingerprinting Techniques
                                            1. Machine Learning Detection
                                              1. Challenge-Response Systems
                                              2. Geographic Access Control
                                                1. IP Geolocation
                                                  1. Country-Based Blocking
                                                    1. Regional Compliance
                                                      1. CDN Integration
                                                      2. Traffic Shaping
                                                        1. Quality of Service
                                                          1. Priority Queuing
                                                            1. Bandwidth Allocation
                                                              1. Load Balancing
                                                            2. DDoS Protection
                                                              1. Attack Pattern Recognition
                                                                1. Traffic Scrubbing
                                                                  1. Blackhole Routing
                                                                    1. Anycast Networks

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                                                                  8. API Security in Development Lifecycle