What is the current consensus on setting up API gateway rate limiting in Kong Enterprise versus AWS API Gateway to prevent sophisticated DDoS attacks without blocking legitimate traffic?
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- Rate Limiting Advanced - Plugin · developer.konghq.com
- Throttle requests to your HTTP APIs for better throughput in API Gateway · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Protecting the application layer with AWS WAF web ACLs and Shield Advanced - AWS WAF, AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Shield Advanced, and AWS Shield network security director · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Amazon API Gateway FAQs | API Management · aws.amazon.com
- Rate Limiting - Plugin · developer.konghq.com
- Service Protection - Plugin · developer.konghq.com
- Service Protection - Changelog - Plugin · developer.konghq.com
- Applying rate limiting to requests in AWS WAF - AWS WAF, AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Shield Advanced, and AWS Shield network security director · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Aggregating rate-based rules in AWS WAF - AWS WAF, AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Shield Advanced, and AWS Shield network security director · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Enabling automatic application layer DDoS mitigation - AWS WAF, AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Shield Advanced, and AWS Shield network security director · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Best practices for intelligent threat mitigation in AWS WAF - AWS WAF, AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Shield Advanced, and AWS Shield network security director · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Rate-based rule caveats in AWS WAF - AWS WAF, AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Shield Advanced, and AWS Shield network security director · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Options for rate limiting in rate-based rules and targeted Bot Control rules - AWS WAF, AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Shield Advanced, and AWS Shield network security director · docs.aws.amazon.com