Chapter 68 (1990–1994): API Security Testing Begins with the Web’s First HTTP Interfaces
From HTTP/0.9 to early CGI gateways, 1990–1994 quietly created the first web APIs—and the first lessons in security testing and abuse prevention.
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Rate Limiting Is Older Than “APIs”: How the 1990–1994 Web Learned to Say “Slow Down” (Chapter 21)
In the Web’s earliest years (1990–1994), “APIs” weren’t yet a mainstream product—but HTTP endpoints already needed protection. This chapter traces how rate limiting quietly became a security and business tool as early servers faced scarce resources, buggy clients, and the first automated traffic.