During a high-traffic sale, an online marketplace experiences recurring slow responses. The logs reveal an excessive number of invalid requests from multiple IP addresses. Which step addresses the performance issue caused by these repeated requests while letting normal buyers continue?
Add more authentication steps for all customer sessions
Set up rate limits on suspicious IPs to hold back overwhelming requests
Upgrade server hardware to handle higher traffic loads
Deploy host-level monitoring to identify suspicious connections
Throttling connection attempts for repeated invalid requests reduces the surge that drains server capacity, letting legitimate customers keep shopping. Extra server resources alone do not alter malicious behavior, new authentication steps disrupt standard operations, and host-level detection provides alerts but does not prevent overwhelming requests.
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