telnet to port 53

[Donal Diamond]

>  > > >> Should I be able to telnet to port 53? If not, how can i disable it?
>  > > >>
>  > > >> Thanks

Hi - I have a similar query. I am quite new to BIND and this newsgroup (less than 24hrs!) so please forgive me if this has already
been answered.
I am using BIND 8.2.2 patchlevel 5 as a caching only server on FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE.
In the interests of security and to ensure there are no  zone transfer attempts etc.  I want to disable named running on TCP port
53. I only want UDP 53 open.
As I have been told a golden rule in securing a box is to get rid of services that are not needed.
I would prefer to be able to disable TCP port 53 using some startup option on  BIND rather than filtering it out using a firewall.

Is this possible?

Any help or comments would be appreciated.
Thanx
Donal