I actually mentioned this briefly - see the discussion of the "reconciliation step" in the "Quote Stuffing is not a DOS attack" section. I guess I assumed ever

I actually mentioned this briefly - see the discussion of the "reconciliation step" in the "Quote Stuffing is not a DOS attack" section. I guess I assumed everyone's reconciliation system was as good as the one I worked on. But you make a very good point, as well as a meta point - this stuff isn't easy.