Throttling: Request Rate Control
Every production API eventually faces the same problem: too many requests, not enough capacity. Maybe it’s a legitimate traffic spike, a misbehaving client, or a deliberate attack. Without…
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Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF): Prevention
Server-Side Request Forgery occurs when an attacker manipulates your server into making HTTP requests to unintended destinations. Unlike client-side attacks, SSRF exploits the trust your server has…
Read more →Next.js Middleware: Request Processing
Next.js middleware intercepts incoming requests before they reach your pages, API routes, or static assets. It executes on Vercel’s Edge Network, running closer to your users with minimal latency….
Read more →HTTP Headers: Request and Response Headers
HTTP headers are the unsung heroes of web communication. Every time your browser requests a resource or a server sends a response, headers carry crucial metadata that determines how that exchange…
Read more →Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF): Token-Based Protection
Cross-Site Request Forgery is one of those vulnerabilities that sounds abstract until you see it in action. The attack is deceptively simple: a malicious website tricks your browser into sending a…
Read more →Chain of Responsibility: Request Processing Pipeline
Chain of Responsibility solves a fundamental problem: how do you decouple the sender of a request from the code that handles it, especially when multiple objects might handle it?
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