Preventing denial-of-service attacks
A DoS attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt or disable the functioning of a network, system, or service. It typically involves overwhelming the targeted resource with an excessive amount of traffic or requests, rendering it unable to handle legitimate user requests. DoS attacks aim to disrupt the availability and performance of a target, often resulting in service disruptions or downtime.
In this section, I will describe GraphQL-specific prevention methods for those attacks.
Depth limiting
Depth limiting in GraphQL refers to the practice of setting a maximum depth for the nested fields that can be queried in a GraphQL request. It is a security measure implemented to prevent potential performance issues and excessive data fetching. Limiting the depth of nested fields ensures that clients cannot query for an excessive amount of data in a single request, thereby optimizing the overall performance and preventing possible abuse of the GraphQL...
