On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:03:11 -0500 (EST)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I believe DNS lookups will ordinarily use UDP but may use TCP for larger 
> transfers (like the 20 addresses returned for yahoo.com).

> It is my understanding (and experience) that DNS requires both UDP 53 and 
> TCP 53 open through a firewall to avoid problems.

A quick look at RFC 1034 & 1035 shows how DNS works. Most setups
(I'd say 99%) will need both of these ports open, assuming you want
the world to access services running within your domain that rely on
DNS & Bind (which is like 99% of them).
 

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