So this took longer than I hoped, but I spent extra time to do some audits. 
This sort of thing is hard to judge. I’ll reassure you all that none of the systems are outwardly broken in their security, but it’s a judgement call as to whether or not they’re less effective than they could be.
I have gotten pretty clear evidence that someone has been offering to pay for easier access. That’s a real bummer. I’d hope that none of you would take them up on it, but, well… I don’t really know you all that well. 
I’ve talked with @KernelPop and @TripleThreat and in the end we decided to go ahead with this kernel cluster. It’ll be installed in the darknet kernel. At some point we might upgrade it, but for now I think it’ll do well enough.
peace.