botnets! Re: (OT) Re: weird wget/curl problems

[Ken Moffat]

Net Llama! wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Aug 2006, Ken Moffat wrote:
>   
>> On 8/12/06, Tim Wunder <tim at thewunders.org> wrote:
>>     
>>>> On Saturday 12 August 2006 12:57 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> OK, turns out I wasn't crazy, and its not me.  My ISP seems to be causing
>>>>> this mess:
>>>>> http://freedns.afraid.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3467
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>       
>> Whoa, this url seems to be off the air. Check out the message there.
>>     
>
> Yea, freedns.afraid.org was apparently attacked overnight be some 
> nefarious botnet.  Its back up now, but they are desprately in need of 
> additional backup nameservers.  If anyone here is feeling generous, let me 
> know.
>
>   

What do you need to run a nameserver of that capacity?