Hi, I think you have to add the same line for the tcp protocol, I can't remember why: I think some requests are made with udp while others with tcp. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 53 -j ACCEPT
hope this will help, Francois ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corin Langosch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "IP-Tables Maillingliste" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 3:22 PM Subject: dns server > Hi, > > im running a dns server here and i'm not sure if the following rule is enough to > allow dns queries from everywhere: > > $IPTABLES -A INPUT -p udp --destination-port 53 -j ACCEPT > > all other packets are reject or dropped. > > Thanks, > Corin > >
