>Complex mess?!?  It can be done by a 40-line C function that I attach
>untested.  The benefit is the simplicity of being stateless while
>still not requiring to report each and every failure.
>
>The alternative needs a semaphore to synchronize access to global
>store.  Then, what kind of global store?  Plain files like
>/tmp/reports-example.com?  MySQL? ...

Assuming you remember what reports you've sent, which I can assure you
is a good idea, rate limiting requires one line of SQL.

>Yes, such limit makes much sense, either as a global maximum or as a
>per-domain one.  Shouldn't it be set by the reporter, though?

Well, I rate limit my reports, but I thought the topic under discussion
was a way for report recipients to say how many reports they want.

R's,
John
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