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# User and IP rate limits **(CORE ONLY)**

Rate limiting is a common technique used to improve the security and durability
of a web application. For more details, see
[Rate limits](../../../security/rate_limits.md).

The following limits can be enforced in **Admin Area > Settings > Network > User and
IP rate limits**:

- Unauthenticated requests
- Authenticated API requests
- Authenticated web requests

These limits are disabled by default.

![user-and-ip-rate-limits](img/user_and_ip_rate_limits.png)

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