Hi Arturo, a quick question: MediaWIki has a strict limit on bad logins. If all of WMCS will be NATed, that would mean that *any* bot having too many bad login attempts could block all other bots from logging in. Is that prevented through technical measures, somehow?
Thanks, Martin po 25. 1. 2021 v 11:56 odesÃlatel Arturo Borrero Gonzalez < aborr...@wikimedia.org> napsal: > Hello, > > we are planning to change how Cloud VPS instances and Toolforge tools > contact > WMF-hosted wikis, in particular the source IP address for the network > connection. > The new IP address that wikis will see is 185.15.56.1. > > The change is scheduled to go live on 2021-02-08. > > More detailed information in wikitech: > > https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/News/CloudVPS_NAT_wikis > > If you are a Cloud VPS user or Toolforge developer, check your tools after > that > date to make sure they are properly running. If you detect a block, a > rate-limit > or similar, please let us know. > > If you are a WMF SRE or engineer involved with the wikis, be informed that > this > address could generate a significant traffic volume, perhaps about 30%-40% > total > wiki edits. We are trying to smooth the change as much as possible, so > please > send your feedback if you think there is something we didn't account for > yet. > > Thanks, best regards. > -- > Arturo Borrero Gonzalez > SRE / Wikimedia Cloud Services > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Ops mailing list > o...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ops >
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