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MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jun 28, 2026 · Operations

Practical Nginx Rate Limiting: Elegantly Defending Against CC Attacks and Traffic Spikes

This article walks through why Nginx needs rate limiting, explains the three core directives, compares burst, nodelay and delay behaviors, shows how to choose keys, and provides step‑by‑step configuration, testing, monitoring and troubleshooting recipes for protecting services from CC attacks and sudden traffic bursts.

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Practical Nginx Rate Limiting: Elegantly Defending Against CC Attacks and Traffic Spikes
ITPUB
ITPUB
Sep 8, 2016 · Databases

Why Does CHANGE MASTER Trigger Traffic Spikes in MySQL GTID Replication?

After switching a MySQL master’s IP, the author observed unusually high traffic between master and slave, investigated the role of GTID, semi‑sync and the CHANGE MASTER command, and demonstrated that executing CHANGE MASTER on a lagging replica can clear the relay‑log and cause a temporary traffic surge as the missing binlog entries are re‑fetched.

Change MasterGTIDRelay Log
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Why Does CHANGE MASTER Trigger Traffic Spikes in MySQL GTID Replication?
ITPUB
ITPUB
May 9, 2016 · Databases

Why Does CHANGE MASTER Trigger Traffic Spikes in MySQL GTID Replication?

After switching a MySQL master’s IP, the author observed extreme master‑to‑slave traffic and investigated whether using CHANGE MASTER with auto_position=1 forces the replica to re‑fetch already executed binlogs, especially when the replica is lagging.

Change MasterGTIDRelay Log
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Why Does CHANGE MASTER Trigger Traffic Spikes in MySQL GTID Replication?