bind problem solved, sort of

[Gregory Nowak]

I opened udp 42 and 53 as well now. One more question. Is there a way for me to varify that the backup dns is being updated from my dns? Thanks for the help everyone. Thank you Cecil for your suggestions and explanations, they are appreciated.
Greg


On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 09:42:41PM -0400, Cecil H. Whitley wrote:
> Hi,
> My guess would be udp 42/53 as well.  If it's like most firewall's it
> handles udp/tcp seperately.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Cecil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1 at uic.edu>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 9:06 PM
> Subject: bind problem solved, sort of
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been doing some experimenting. I first read the dig man page, and
> figured out how to use dig to ask ns1.dhs.org directly about
> mydomain.dhs.org. Yes, dhs.org knows about me.
> >
> > Then, I did some more experimenting, but with the same story. Finally,
> being stumpped, I deactivated my firewall, and low and behold, I was able to
> successfully use dig on a remoat box to get info on mydomain.dhs.org with
> the NOERR status. No, I don't feel like an idiot here, since I have tcp
> ports 42 and 53 opened in my firewall. What else do I need opened?
> >
> > Raul, If you're reading this, I'm still using the endoshields firewall
> script like you. I know you've added dns entries to it. Could you please
> send me the right section of it so that I can see what you've got open? If
> not, if someone else could please tell me exactly which ports I should open
> besides tcp 42 and 53, then that would be enough. Thanks.
> > Greg
> >
> >
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