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Re: [tor-bugs] #7550 [BridgeDB]: BridgeDB email responder is not interactive
#7550: BridgeDB email responder is not interactive
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Reporter: aagbsn | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: needs_information
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: BridgeDB | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Changes (by sysrqb):
* cc: Matthew.Finkel@â (added)
Comment:
Replying to [comment:4 asn]:
> Is the rate limiting based on the IP of the client?
>
It's based on the email address. Currently, an email address is allowed to
request bridges every 3 hours (they won't receive new bridges with every
request, though). If an email is received from the same address within a
three hour period, the first email will be responded to with bridges, the
second will contain a warning that says they are requesting bridges too
frequently, and all subsequent emails will be ignored until the time
period is passed.
> Also, what is the point of rate limiting in BridgeDB? A user with a
single IP shouldn't be able to get more than a bunch of bridges anyway,
right?
Right, maybe aagbsn (or arma, nickm, Karsten) have a better answer,
because within a single time period we should return the same bridges.
That being said, maybe the rate limiting is to reduce the number of emails
bridgedb needs to process by disincentivizing users spamming it? I don't
see a reason for bridgedb to respond to multiple emails within the time
period if it will be responding with the same bridges each time.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/7550#comment:5>
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