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		gwbas1c on July 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Advice for Operating a Public-Facing API Why would you want to block that?

butz on July 24, 2023 [–]

I have stumbled upon several "open" APIs that had such "security measures" implemented, thus making them rather unusable. It would be a useful advice of what not to do, for anyone building public facing APIs.

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