DNS on a virtual server?

[Kevin Darcy]

I think you've already answered your own question. In the absence of any
kind of port-forwarding or custom-configured clients, DNS queries are
received on port 53. If you can't bind to that port, you're out of luck.


- Kevin

Josh Lavin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am wondering if it is possible to install BIND 9 on a "virtual server"=
> .=20
> I have a non-root account on a BSDi server.
>
> I can use the =96-prefix option to put it in my home directory, but what=
> =20
> about nameservers listening on port 53? As non-root, I cannot use ports =
>
> under 1024.
>
> Any comments or success stories on this would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Josh