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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 ZXing authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.zxing.web;
+
+import javax.servlet.Filter;
+import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
+import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.annotation.WebFilter;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.Timer;
+import java.util.TimerTask;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * A simplistic {@link Filter} that rejects requests from hosts that are sending too many
+ * requests in too short a time.
+ *
+ * @author Sean Owen
+ */
+@WebFilter("/w/decode")
+public final class DoSFilter implements Filter {
+
+  private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(DoSFilter.class.getName());
+
+  private static final int MAX_ACCESSES_PER_IP_PER_TIME = 10;
+  private static final int MAX_RECENT_ACCESS_MAP_SIZE = 100_000;
+
+  private Map<String,AtomicInteger> numRecentAccesses;
+  private Set<String> bannedIPAddresses;
+  private Timer timer;
+
+  @Override
+  public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) {
+    numRecentAccesses = Collections.synchronizedMap(new LinkedHashMap<String,AtomicInteger>() {
+      @Override
+      protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry<String,AtomicInteger> eldest) {
+        return size() > MAX_RECENT_ACCESS_MAP_SIZE;
+      }
+    });
+    bannedIPAddresses = Collections.synchronizedSet(new HashSet<String>());
+    timer = new Timer("DoSFilter reset timer");
+    timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(
+        new TimerTask() {
+          @Override
+          public void run() {
+            numRecentAccesses.clear();
+          }
+        }, 0L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES));
+    timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(
+        new TimerTask() {
+          @Override
+          public void run() {
+            bannedIPAddresses.clear();
+          }
+        }, 0L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(15, TimeUnit.MINUTES));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void doFilter(ServletRequest request,
+                       ServletResponse response,
+                       FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {
+    if (isBanned((HttpServletRequest) request)) {
+      HttpServletResponse servletResponse = (HttpServletResponse) response;
+      servletResponse.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
+    } else {
+      chain.doFilter(request, response);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private boolean isBanned(HttpServletRequest request) {
+    String remoteIPAddress = request.getHeader("x-forwarded-for");
+    if (remoteIPAddress == null) {
+      remoteIPAddress = request.getRemoteAddr();
+    }
+    if (remoteIPAddress == null || bannedIPAddresses.contains(remoteIPAddress)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (getCount(remoteIPAddress) > MAX_ACCESSES_PER_IP_PER_TIME) {
+      log.warning("Possible DoS attack from " + remoteIPAddress);
+      bannedIPAddresses.add(remoteIPAddress);
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  private int getCount(String remoteIPAddress) {
+    synchronized (numRecentAccesses) {
+      AtomicInteger count = numRecentAccesses.get(remoteIPAddress);
+      if (count == null) {
+        numRecentAccesses.put(remoteIPAddress, new AtomicInteger(1));
+        return 1;
+      } else {
+        return count.incrementAndGet();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void destroy() {
+    timer.cancel();
+  }
+
+}
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