[tor-bugs] #7550 [BridgeDB]: BridgeDB email responder is not interactive

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#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 isis):

  * status:  new => needs_information
 * cc: isis@… (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:7550 aagbsn]:
 > BridgeDB's email response mentions that it supports queries for ipv6
 bridges and bridges with specified transports, but the rate limiting
 feature prevents the responder from being used in an interactive way.
 >
 > We could modify the rate limiting feature to allow several requests
 before responding negatively.
 >
 > Alternately, the first response could include a brief set of
 instructions only, and only apply rate limiting to subsequent queries for
 bridges. However, this might be confusing, especially if not all
 translations are initially available.

 What if we were to do separate rate limits? Something like:

 1. a stricter (less queries allowed) for the 'get bridges' command
 2. a more permissive rate limit for all other valid commands
 3. an eventual blocked-for-X-amount-of-time for some threshold of non-
 valid commands

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