Thanks for all your help people. I eventually managed to get it working. I found I didn't have the reverse in-addr-arpa set up properly for the external IP.
Thanks again Bec On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 03:41:20PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > * Rebecca Dridan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.11.05 09:33:28+1100]: > > I can connect using ssh to the machine from outside, when I nmap it, it says > > port 53 is open and there is nothing in my firewall logs to say anything is > > getting blocked. My ISP assure me that they are not blocking port 53. > > it's quite conceivable that your bind only allows queries from the > internal net. would you send me your named.conf privately, possibly > with the official IP of the server? > > -- > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > stay the patient course. > of little worth is your ire. > the network is down.