> That only allows you to specify the source address, not the source port. > -Jason > > > How did you determine this wasn't "natively available"? The dig version > included in BIND 9.2.2-P3 and later has a > > -b option which allows you to set the source port. Check out version 9.3.0rc2: -b address[#port] (bind to source address/port) Andris