How to Set Up Rate Limiting on Any Web App (Free, No Code Changes)

The Problem

Your login page, search endpoint, or contact form is getting hammered. Rate limiting is the fix — but implementing it in application code means finding every endpoint, writing middleware, choosing a storage backend, and deploying changes. On a WAF, you set it once and it applies everywhere.

Why WAF-Level Rate Limiting Is Better

Approach

Code-Level