Re: Iptables Problem on DNS Server

["Joe de Vera Jr." <jhoedv@we-amuse.com>]

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Message: 2
From: Antony Stone <Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk>
Organization: Software Solutions
To: <netfilter@lists.samba.org>
Subject: Re: Iptables Problem on DNS Server
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 14:39:14 +0100

On Sunday 23 June 2002 5:36 am, Joe de Vera Jr. wrote:

> > On Sunday 23 June 2002 5:01 am, Joe de Vera Jr. wrote:
> > > here's my ruleset in my machine... seen anything wrong or lacking
here?
> > > just to remind you guys my problem is that.. when my firewall is
running
> > > my DNS don't work... thanks!
> >
> > Can we just clarify that last bit ?
> >
> > Do you mean that your firewall cannot resolve names by contacting an
> > external
> > DNS server, or that you are running DNS on your firewall, and other
> > machines cannot contact *it* as a DNS server ?
>
> yep,, i'm running DNS on that machine also.. an that exactly my client
> can't resolve from it.. so all the DNS record on that server can't
function
> due to this problem.. so i force not to run a firewall for a meantime...

Okay - the answer is simple, then.   You have no rule allowing udp packets
into the machine on port 53.



Antony.


oic... so now how will i going to add that udp packets allow to my ruleset?
what parameter that i supposed to put on my iptables command...

thanks in advance...

joe