Sid,
The df server is still 'available' though it is not up currently.
It has been running for ages, rotating df missions... the same ones over and over again.
It was stopped by me, due to lack of interest, and due to resources 'better' spent on our CloD server instance.
(You would not want an unused 1946 server use up resources and creating 'troubles' for a used CloD server....)
Just tonight, where it appeared we had no one to host, I was tempted to fire up the df server again... I refrained from doing so, as somehow I knew Painless would show up...
In the end, the problem I think is, that the df can be running and rotate missions, but those missions are all kinda old and predictable...
I remember Pooka asking me for new stuff, or for missions running longer... .then I ended up putting them really long-Coops-Run-As-Dogfigt-missions on, which ended up... indeed as being way too long...
I could somply bring it up on sundays, as long as crash and I are doing that VARP-SEOW....