API Request Throttling: A Better Option
This past week there's been some interesting commentary regarding Twitter's change to its API request throttling feature. Request throttling, often used as a method to ensure QoS (Quality of Service)...
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True- the iRule is pretty simplistic and doesn't take into account IP address, etc... the rule really needs to be tailored more to fit what agent/user types you're trying to limit.
As Aaron pointed out in his comment, "If you wanted to throttle requests for a particular IP address over a period of time, it would help to use a cookie or the session table to track the requests." You would probably further need to track that by agent type/bot to keep tighter control on what's going on from a TM standpoint.