Rate limiting and throttling are strategies designed to protect services by controlling how often clients can make requests.
.NET 8 has built-in middleware that allows for implementing rate limiting easily.
Rate limiting restricts the number of requests a client can make within a certain time period, while throttling manages the speed at which requests are accepted or processed.
Best practices for rate limiting include policy customization, graceful degradation, monitoring and logging, testing, and using hybrid approaches for a comprehensive defense strategy.