diff --git a/ratelimit.php b/ratelimit.php
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+<?php
+/** DomFramework
+    @package domframework
+    @author Dominique Fournier <dominique@fournier38.fr> */
+
+/** The rate limit abstract class */
+class ratelimit
+{
+  /** The maximum number of entries by specified unit time */
+  public $maxEntries = 10;
+  /** The unit time in seconds */
+  public $unittime = 60;
+
+  /** The function set a rate-limit 
+      @return bool true if the rate-limit is not overloaded
+                   false if the rate-limit is overloaded */
+  public function set ($name)
+  {
+    throw new Exception (dgettext("domframework",
+                                  "ratelimit : no valid ratelimiter available"),
+                         500);
+  }
+
+  /** The function delete a rate-limit
+      @return bool */
+  public function del ($name)
+  {
+    throw new Exception (dgettext("domframework",
+                                  "ratelimit : no valid ratelimiter available"),
+                         500);
+  }
+
+  /** The function clean the storage
+      @return bool */
+  public function clean ()
+  {
+    throw new Exception (dgettext("domframework",
+                                  "ratelimit : no valid ratelimiter available"),
+                         500);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ratelimitfile.php b/ratelimitfile.php
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+<?php
+/** DomFramework
+    @package domframework
+    @author Dominique Fournier <dominique@fournier38.fr> */
+
+require_once ("domframework/lockfile.php");
+
+/** The rate limit with file storage */
+class ratelimitfile extends ratelimit
+{
+  /** The storage directory */
+  public $storageDir = "data/ratelimit/";
+  /** Debug the ratelimiting process to screen */
+  public $debug = true;
+
+  /** The function set a rate-limit 
+      @return bool true if the rate-limit is not overloaded
+                   false if the rate-limit is overloaded */
+  public function set ($name)
+  {
+    $this->storageOK();
+    $nameFile = rawurlencode ($name);
+    $file = $this->storageDir."/$nameFile";
+    // Add the current timestamp
+    $currentTimeStamp = microtime (true)."\n";
+    if ($this->debug) echo "Add entry : $currentTimeStamp";
+    file_put_contents ($file, $currentTimeStamp, FILE_APPEND);
+    $lock = new lockfile ();
+    $lock->lockRW ();
+    $contents = file ($file);
+    // Look if there is deprecated entries in the file
+    foreach ($contents as $key=>$content)
+    {
+      $content = rtrim ($content);
+      if ($content + $this->unittime < microtime (true))
+      {
+        if ($this->debug) echo "Remove deprecated entry : $content\n";
+        unset ($contents[$key]);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        if ($this->debug) echo "Active entry : $content\n";
+      }
+    }
+    file_put_contents ($file, $contents);
+    $lock->unlockRW ();
+    unset ($lock);
+    if (count ($contents) > $this->maxEntries)
+    {
+      if ($this->debug) echo "Ratelimiting for '$name'\n";
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  /** The function delete a rate-limit
+      @return bool */
+  public function del ($name)
+  {
+    $this->storageOK();
+    $nameFile = rawurlencode ($name);
+    $file = $this->storageDir."/$nameFile";
+    if (file_exists ($file))
+    {
+      if ($this->debug) echo "Removing the rate-limiting for '$name'\n";
+      unlink ($file);
+    }
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  /** The function clean the storage with expired entries
+      @return bool */
+  public function clean ()
+  {
+    $this->storageOK();
+    $files = glob ($this->storageDir."/*");
+    foreach ($files as $file)
+    {
+      if (filemtime ($file) + $this->unittime < time ())
+      {
+        if ($this->debug)
+          echo "Removing the deprecated rate-limiting for '".
+            rawurldecode (basename ($file))."'\n";
+        unlink ($file);
+      }
+    }
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  /** Check the storageDir state */
+  private function storageOK ()
+  {
+    if (file_exists ($this->storageDir))
+    {
+      if (! is_dir ($this->storageDir))
+        throw new Exception (sprintf (dgettext ("domframework",
+                                          "storageDir '%s' is not a directory"),
+                                      $this->storageDir), 500);
+      if (! is_readable ($this->storageDir))
+        throw new Exception (sprintf (dgettext ("domframework",
+                                          "storageDir '%s' is not readable"),
+                                      $this->storageDir), 500);
+      if (! is_writeable ($this->storageDir))
+        throw new Exception (sprintf (dgettext ("domframework",
+                                          "storageDir '%s' is not writeable"),
+                                      $this->storageDir), 500);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      if (mkdir ($this->storageDir, 0777, true) === false)
+        throw new Exception (sprintf (dgettext ("domframework",
+                                                "Can't create '%s' storageDir"),
+                             $this->storageDir), 500);
+    }
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+}