[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:                   
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Comment(by aagbsn):

 Replying to [comment:1 isis]:
 > 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
 This is a fine strategy, though it might be easier to just relax the rate
 limit to something like 5 requests per hour.

 We should also consider replying with obfs2,3 bridges by default in each
 mail.

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