Network security and api abuse

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Network Security and API Abuse Deep Dive

Overview

Transport security protects confidentiality, while backend controls protect business logic.

Network Security Config

• Disable cleartext traffic in release.
• Separate debug and release trust anchors.
• Restrict domain policies to what the app actually needs.

Certificate Pinning Tradeoffs

• Adds MITM resistance for high-risk use cases.
• Requires backup pins, rotation runbooks, and outage fallback.

API Abuse Controls

• Keep authorization server-side.
• Rate limit and anomaly-detect suspicious clients.
• Use short-lived tokens and device/session binding where appropriate.

Senior-Level Insights

• Mobile transport controls are necessary but insufficient without backend abuse defenses.