Heuristic-Based Rejection of Computing Resource Requests

A method for throttling requests for resources, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a computing device, a request for resources of a computing system;
• processing, by the computing device, the request to identify a characteristic of the request for resources;
• comparing the characteristic to a list;
• when the characteristic is found on the list, blocking the request;
• and
• when the characteristic is absent from the list, passing the request on for further processing.

A physical computer-readable storage medium encoding instructions that, when executed by a processing unit, cause the processing unit to perform steps including:

• receiving, by a computing device, a request for resources of a computing system;
• processing the request to identify a characteristic of the request for resources;
• comparing the characteristic to a list;
• when the characteristic is not found on the list:
• authenticating an identity of a user making the request for resources;
• authorizing the user for access to the resources;
• providing access to the requested resources;
• logging a failure while authorizing or providing access to the requested resources;
• and
• creating the list to include one or more characteristics associated with the failure, the characteristics including a user identification of the user;
• and
• when the characteristic is found on the list, blocking the request, the request being blocked prior to authentication or authorization of the user making the request.