Bind 9

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9phl1d$j65 at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Schwarz Andreas <sch at globesoft.at> wrote:
>I have a problem with bind 9. The bind-server does work in the lokal
>network. I can ping each workstation in the network, but when i want to ping
>a server in the internet, i can't do it. I get the massage "timeout".
>When i ping from the firewall to the internet, it already works.
>My question on you ist, what can be rong.

Your firewall probably isn't allowing DNS queries out or the responses back
in.  You either need to allow incoming UDP packets to any high-numbered
port on the DNS server, or configure the DNS server with a query-source
port that the firewall allows in.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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