How does rate-based limiting help in DDoS mitigation?

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How does rate-based limiting help in DDoS mitigation?
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Rate-based limiting restricts the number of requests accepted from a specific source within a defined time period. This is a key technique for mitigating DDoS attacks that flood your application with requests. AWS WAF and Shield Advanced can both be configured with rate-based rules.