Weakness (CWE)
CWE-410: Insufficient Resource Pool
The product's resource pool is not large enough to handle peak demand.
How to prevent it (5 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design
Do not perform resource-intensive transactions for unauthenticated users and/or invalid requests.
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Architecture and Design
Consider implementing a velocity check mechanism which would detect abusive behavior.
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Operation
Consider load balancing as an option to handle heavy loads.
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Implementation
Make sure that resource handles are properly closed when no longer needed.
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Architecture and Design
Identify the system's resource intensive operations and consider protecting them from abuse (e.g. malicious automated script which runs the resources out).
Source: MITRE CWE-410
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