Why not use Gimlis server? I heard it has better protection.
Believe it or not we are currently using Gimli's server, hence every time it goes down, Me and Brian have to contact him to get it back up again.
Last night I believe there was some issues with SAMP in general and the tabs within the client, probably due to this the server had issues. Just a heads up, when we have issues within the server try not to assume its a attack or "you know who".