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 odesílatel Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <
aborrero(a)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
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