Blacklisting
Under certain circumstances your access capabilities to the service will be limited temporarily or permanently. There are different throttling and blacklisting mechanisms available:
| Mechanism | Timeframe | Endpoint | Reason | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signup Blacklisting | hours/days | web | malicious signup requests by services | malicious signups |
| Signup Throttling | minutes/hours | web | many signup requests for user accounts | automated signups, flooding |
| Access Blacklisting | hours | web, api | malicious request | /etc/passwd, <script> |
| Submit Throttling | days/weeks | web | many weak vulnerability submissions | bad data quality, duplicates, rejects |
| Web Throttling | minutes/hours | web | many web requests to entries | scraping, mirroring |
| API Throttling | seconds/minutes | api | majority of network traffic | flooding, denial of service |
| Credits Exhaustion | hours | api | API credits exhausted | regular behavior, rogue script |
| Account Lockout | permanent | web, api, mail | malicious behavior | rude comments, malicious commits, attack attempts |
| Support Blocking | permanent | support, mail | malicious behavior | flooding, rude behavior |
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Gargadi: 05/02/2024 nga VulDB Documentation Team