On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Henry House wrote:
>[my comments snipped]
>
> I'm confused here. Are you running your own DNS server? Remote hosts should
> trying to nslookup your name will contact your nameserver, not the box
> running the web browser.
>
Sorry for the confusion. Yes, I am running a nameserver on my box (named).
I pierced my firewall to allow DNS traffic with ipchains commands I listed
in earlier emails.
<[my comments snipped]
>
> Unless you are running a server there is no need for machines other that your
> local DNS servers to contact you on any port. Nameserver replies should
> arrive on unprivaledged ports. (Can anyone confirm this? My knowledge is
> shaky here.)
I would think that they should arrive from unpriviledged ports, but it may
be the way my company's firewall is configured?
> I have done so, and got:
>
> Server: 198.93.80.101
> Address: 198.93.80.101#53
>
> Non-authoritative answer:
> www.jeffmcnurlin.com canonical name = solo.trug.com.
> solo.trug.com canonical name = trug.com.
> Name: trug.com
> Address: 216.102.106.223
Thanks Henry. At least my domain is accessible from your site. :)
R. Douglas Barbieri
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http://www.dooglio.net
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