Re: Which port(s) to allow through for DNS server

[Lyytinen Petteri]

On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Edward Ingram wrote:

> I've tried opening up UDP 53 on the firewall, but requests still aren't
> going through.  I know the DNS server is working because it fulfills
> requests sent to it from clients on the inside of the firewall.  Is
> that the right port to use?

Yes, it is but, DNS uses both TCP and UDP depending on the size of the
reply. Try opening 53 for TCP too.

        .pi.

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