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A malicious machine that wants to DoS a server doesn't need web hooks in order to make a bunch of requests to the server. It can just run ab, the Apache Benchmark program.



Presumably DoSing wouldn't be the objective here. If some of your services in the loop send SMS messages or modify your checkbook register, that would be much more annoying than a simple DoS.




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