On Sunday 04 November 2001 23:33, Rebecca Dridan wrote: > I can connect using ssh to the machine from outside, when I nmap it, it > says port 53 is open
did you run the portscan from the Internet ? try ... nmap -p 53 -sU -P0 Are there any errors in /var/log/daemon.log when starting bind ? > not sure is a nameserver needs to be "declared" or registered it some way. It will work without, but every decent registrar offers automatic registration of DNS servers with internic. atleast dotster does. -- BOFH excuse #419: Repeated reboots of the system failed to solve problem
