On 22 June 2012 18:47, Leslie Carr <lcarr(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
While I am not speaking for server hardening, our
network can handle
an extra 75 Mbps without a problem.
However, this is a moot point.... if the community decides we want to
talk, we in Operations can talk with freenode operations people and
see what is safely mutually possible.
The nuts'n'bolts of running an IRC server is not our strength.
However, WMF has donated money to Freenode before because we use it so
much. Would giving them money to use be a helpful substitute for
providing a box and bandwidth?
- d.