Re: [Wikitech-l] 2013 Datacenter RFP - open for submissions

On Oct 21, 2013, at 8:03 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > I added links to > so that we can hopefully get that page updated one day. Thanks - definitely something to tackle once we complete the Tampa migration and new DC buildout. Transparency and

Re: [Wikitech-l] 2013 Datacenter RFP - open for submissions

On Oct 21, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > Well, perhaps I'm unfairly comparing the RFP's density to that of the > last two colo contracts I saw, but I'm not sure I have a copy of those; > I will take a look, and abide until them. Jay, the idea here is to drum up bids from parties tha

Re: [Wikitech-l] 2013 Datacenter RFP - open for submissions

ur Ashburn location fail, among other uses. Thanks. --Ken. On Oct 18, 2013, at 4:27 PM, rupert THURNER wrote: > Hi, would you be open to a data center outside the US in future, and if no, > why not? > > Rupert > Am 18.10.2013 22:05 schrieb "Ken Snider" : > >> The

[Wikitech-l] 2013 Datacenter RFP - open for submissions

The Wikimedia Foundation's Technical Operations team is seeking proposals on the provisioning of a new data-centre facility. After working through the specifics internally, we now have a public RFP posted[1] and ready for proposals. We invite any organization meeting the requirements outlined t

[Wikitech-l] Operations team announcements: Ryan and Leslie

Hello! I'm extremely pleased to announce that we've had two promotions within the Technical Operations team! Leslie Carr has been promoted to Senior Operations Engineer (Networking). As many of you know, along with Mark, Leslie has been instrumental in securing preferred rates and contracts wi

Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: [wikimedia #5841] etherpad.wikimedia.org downtime due to upgrade

Thanks, Alex! --Ken. > On Sep 27, 2013, at 6:29 AM, Alexandros Kosiaris > wrote: > > FYI > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Core operations via RT > Date: Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 1:01 PM > Subject: [wikimedia #5841] etherpad.wikimedia.org downtime due to upgrade > To: akosia...

Re: [Wikitech-l] Etherpad Lite labs instance going down in two weeks - backup time

On Aug 26, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Ryan Lane wrote: > Some people may have placed sensitive info in the pads, assuming some level > of (misguided) privacy since the pages weren't indexed. We're not planning > on doing dumps or even exposing an index. To further clarify, we'll be keeping a dump in cas

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Labs-l] Etherpad Lite labs instance going down in two weeks - backup time

Rob H. has been doing this manually for us, and we've essentially been ensuring our pads are in wikitext to assist with the drop-in ease of this process. Sounds like a fun project, though, once we get etherpad-lite up to a current rev :) Thanks. --Ken. On Aug 23, 2013, at 4:43 PM, Greg Grossm

Re: [Wikitech-l] [WikimediaMobile] We need to talk about AbuseFilter on mobile

I was actually bit by the abuse filter directly, as I was setting up a new page on Meta, using a newly created account: 1. Because the page included an external link, I needed to enter a CAPTCHA. 2. The AF then threw a warning that my changes appeared harmful, citing " new user youtube, &c" 3. I

Re: [Wikitech-l] Wikimedia's anti-surveillance plans: site hardening

On Aug 17, 2013, at 1:33 PM, rupert THURNER wrote: > hi faidon, i do not think you personally and WMF are particularly > helpful in accepting contributions. because you: > * do not communicate openly the problems > * do not report upstream publically > * do not ask for help, and even if it gets

Re: [Wikitech-l] GMail sending lots of WIkimedia mail to spam again

I believe Greg G. has reached out to the Office IT team, who have the ability to open a ticket against GMail (since wikimedia uses GMail for org email). Thanks. --Ken. On Aug 5, 2013, at 5:15 PM, David Gerard wrote: > On 5 August 2013 21:57, Risker wrote: > >> Really? I've not once had tha

Re: [Wikitech-l] How's the SSL thing going?

On Jul 31, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Magnus Manske wrote: > There was the lofty notion of including all images, CSS/JS/whatnot as CDATA > elements in the page itself, for browsers that support it. That would get > around the one issue, but still allow size-based fingerprinting, especially > since most u

Re: [Wikitech-l] How's the SSL thing going?

On Jul 31, 2013, at 3:01 PM, James Alexander wrote: > Time to start adding a random amount of extra packets with each request? :) This is what freenet does, but I think supporting SPDY/HTTP 2.0 [1] will help in this regard as well, as it essentially pipelines requests (so you wouldn't be able

Re: [Wikitech-l] Please Welcome Sean Pringle, our latest TechOps member

uot;I am excited to be joining the WMF, an opportunity which I > see as an 11 on the awesomeness scale of 1 to 10" ! > > Please join us in welcoming Sean! > > CT Woo & Ken Snider > ___ > Wikitech-l maili