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diff --git a/src/registry.h b/src/registry.h
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+++ b/src/registry.h
@@ -1,25 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * netdata registry
+ *
+ * this header file describes the public interface
+ * to the netdata registry
+ *
+ * only these high level functions are exposed
+ *
+ */
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// TODO
+//
+// 1. the default tracking cookie expires in 1 year, but the persons are not
+// removed from the db - this means the database only grows - ideally the
+// database should be cleaned in registry_db_save() for both on-disk and
+// on-memory entries.
+//
+// Cleanup:
+// i. Find all the PERSONs that have expired cookie
+// ii. For each of their PERSON_URLs:
+// - decrement the linked MACHINE links
+// - if the linked MACHINE has no other links, remove the linked MACHINE too
+// - remove the PERSON_URL
+//
+// 2. add protection to prevent abusing the registry by flooding it with
+// requests to fill the memory and crash it.
+//
+// Possible protections:
+// - limit the number of URLs per person
+// - limit the number of URLs per machine
+// - limit the number of persons
+// - limit the number of machines
+// - [DONE] limit the size of URLs
+// - [DONE] limit the size of PERSON_URL names
+// - limit the number of requests that add data to the registry,
+// per client IP per hour
+//
+// 3. lower memory requirements
+//
+// - embed avl structures directly into registry objects, instead of DICTIONARY
+// [DONE for PERSON_URLs, PENDING for MACHINE_URLs]
+// - store GUIDs in memory as UUID instead of char *
+// - do not track persons using the demo machines only
+// (i.e. start tracking them only when they access a non-demo machine)
+// - [DONE] do not track custom dashboards by default
+
+
#ifndef NETDATA_REGISTRY_H
#define NETDATA_REGISTRY_H 1
#define NETDATA_REGISTRY_COOKIE_NAME "netdata_registry_id"
-extern void registry_set_cookie(struct web_client *w, const char *guid);
-extern const char *registry_to_announce(void);
-extern int registry_verify_cookies_redirects(void);
+// initialize the registry
+// should only happen when netdata starts
+extern int registry_init(void);
+
+// free all data held by the registry
+// should only happen when netdata exits
+extern void registry_free(void);
+// HTTP requests handled by the registry
extern int registry_request_access_json(struct web_client *w, char *person_guid, char *machine_guid, char *url, char *name, time_t when);
extern int registry_request_delete_json(struct web_client *w, char *person_guid, char *machine_guid, char *url, char *delete_url, time_t when);
extern int registry_request_search_json(struct web_client *w, char *person_guid, char *machine_guid, char *url, char *request_machine, time_t when);
extern int registry_request_switch_json(struct web_client *w, char *person_guid, char *machine_guid, char *url, char *new_person_guid, time_t when);
extern int registry_request_hello_json(struct web_client *w);
-extern int registry_init(void);
-extern void registry_free(void);
-extern int registry_save(void);
-
-extern char *registry_get_this_machine_guid(void);
-
+// update the registry monitoring charts
extern void registry_statistics(void);
-
#endif /* NETDATA_REGISTRY_H */