IPTables and DNS

[Ed Greshko]

Rudolf Ladyzhenskii wrote:
> DNS is UDP port 53, not TCP

Actually, it is both....if you are going to be doing zone transfers that is.

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> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 11:55 AM
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> Subject: IPTables and DNS
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> 
> Hi, Im setting up a DNS server and am having trouble getting through the 
> firewall. Im able to use the server as a dns server from another machine if 
> I stop the iptables service. Ive tried setting a rule to allow tcp on port 
> 53 through, but it still not working. Any ideas?  Sorry if this is the wrong 
> list for this subject. I didnt see a list that seemed appropriate though.  
> Thanks in advance to anyone that can help. This is on RH Enterprise by the 
> way. Thanks again.
> 
> 

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