diff --git a/lib/final_destination.rb b/lib/final_destination.rb
index 4e0f4229d87..c3fa9be503c 100644
--- a/lib/final_destination.rb
+++ b/lib/final_destination.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require "socket"
 require "ipaddr"
 require 'excon'
+require 'rate_limiter'
 
 # Determine the final endpoint for a Web URI, following redirects
 class FinalDestination
@@ -76,10 +77,6 @@ class FinalDestination
   end
 
   def is_dest_valid?
-    is_public?
-  end
-
-  def is_public?
     return false unless @uri && @uri.host
 
     address_s = @opts[:lookup_ip].call(@uri.hostname)
@@ -92,7 +89,12 @@ class FinalDestination
       return false
     end
 
+    # Rate limit how often this IP can be crawled
+    RateLimiter.new(nil, "crawl-destination-ip:#{address_s}", 100, 1.hour).performed!
+
     true
+  rescue RateLimiter::LimitExceeded
+    false
   end
 
   def private_ranges
diff --git a/spec/components/final_destination_spec.rb b/spec/components/final_destination_spec.rb
index 73611a5c45a..87e29a0e8a7 100644
--- a/spec/components/final_destination_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/final_destination_spec.rb
@@ -164,38 +164,38 @@ describe FinalDestination do
     end
   end
 
-  describe ".is_public" do
+  describe ".is_dest_valid" do
     it "returns false for a valid ipv4" do
-      expect(fd("https://52.84.143.67").is_public?).to eq(true)
-      expect(fd("https://104.25.153.10").is_public?).to eq(true)
+      expect(fd("https://52.84.143.67").is_dest_valid?).to eq(true)
+      expect(fd("https://104.25.153.10").is_dest_valid?).to eq(true)
     end
 
     it "returns false for private ipv4" do
-      expect(fd("https://127.0.0.1").is_public?).to eq(false)
-      expect(fd("https://192.168.1.3").is_public?).to eq(false)
-      expect(fd("https://10.0.0.5").is_public?).to eq(false)
-      expect(fd("https://172.16.0.1").is_public?).to eq(false)
+      expect(fd("https://127.0.0.1").is_dest_valid?).to eq(false)
+      expect(fd("https://192.168.1.3").is_dest_valid?).to eq(false)
+      expect(fd("https://10.0.0.5").is_dest_valid?).to eq(false)
+      expect(fd("https://172.16.0.1").is_dest_valid?).to eq(false)
     end
 
     it "returns false for IPV6 via site settings" do
       SiteSetting.blacklist_ip_blocks = '2001:abc:de::/48|2002:abc:de::/48'
-      expect(fd('https://[2001:abc:de:01:0:3f0:6a65:c2bf]').is_public?).to eq(false)
-      expect(fd('https://[2002:abc:de:01:0:3f0:6a65:c2bf]').is_public?).to eq(false)
-      expect(fd('https://internal-ipv6.com').is_public?).to eq(false)
-      expect(fd('https://[2003:abc:de:01:0:3f0:6a65:c2bf]').is_public?).to eq(true)
+      expect(fd('https://[2001:abc:de:01:0:3f0:6a65:c2bf]').is_dest_valid?).to eq(false)
+      expect(fd('https://[2002:abc:de:01:0:3f0:6a65:c2bf]').is_dest_valid?).to eq(false)
+      expect(fd('https://internal-ipv6.com').is_dest_valid?).to eq(false)
+      expect(fd('https://[2003:abc:de:01:0:3f0:6a65:c2bf]').is_dest_valid?).to eq(true)
     end
 
     it "ignores invalid ranges" do
       SiteSetting.blacklist_ip_blocks = '2001:abc:de::/48|eviltrout'
-      expect(fd('https://[2001:abc:de:01:0:3f0:6a65:c2bf]').is_public?).to eq(false)
+      expect(fd('https://[2001:abc:de:01:0:3f0:6a65:c2bf]').is_dest_valid?).to eq(false)
     end
 
     it "returns true for public ipv6" do
-      expect(fd("https://[2001:470:1:3a8::251]").is_public?).to eq(true)
+      expect(fd("https://[2001:470:1:3a8::251]").is_dest_valid?).to eq(true)
     end
 
     it "returns true for private ipv6" do
-      expect(fd("https://[fdd7:b450:d4d1:6b44::1]").is_public?).to eq(false)
+      expect(fd("https://[fdd7:b450:d4d1:6b44::1]").is_dest_valid?).to eq(false)
     end
   end