On 22 June 2012 18:47, Leslie Carr lcarr@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.