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Detect Anomalous IP Request Bursts
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Detect Anomalous IP Request Bursts

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Problem

Given a list of log lines logs, a set of target IP addresses target_ips, an integer window size window_seconds, and an integer threshold max_requests, write a function that parses the logs, counts requests for the target IPs, and returns the IPs that have any time window of length window_seconds containing more than max_requests requests. Each valid log line has the format "<timestamp> <ip>", where timestamp is an integer number of seconds.

Constraints

  • 1 <= len(logs) <= 10^5
  • 1 <= len(target_ips) <= 10^4
  • 0 <= timestamp <= 10^9
  • Log lines may be invalid and should be ignored
  • Output IPs should be returned in sorted order

Function Signature

def detect_anomalous_ips(logs, target_ips, window_seconds, max_requests):
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