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I realise I am new here, but I have to agree with Falk.

That being said, there is nothing wrong with implementing simple security
measures on Opennic servers. I am talking about having strong ssh passwords
and limited access to root etc. These kind of measures are probably already in
place.

With regard to DDOS, unless you use a host that specifically has protection,
it is rather hard to mitigate an attack, whatever you do. I think its a case
of crossing that bridge, if and when we come to it. Although choice of DNS
software does help. Most of the servers here probably use bind and although
its fast and reliable, there are far better alternatives, some of which have
in-built DDOS protection. We use powerdns over at BlockAid.

Anyway, just my two cents.