Nate, Thanks for the reply, My firewall is set up to allow UDP DNS on all ports incoming, and UDP DNS outgoing on port 1024 and up... I don't claim to know what that's all about... I inherited this thing...
The stuff that's getting blocked is outgoing on ports below 1024... Any advice? THX Rick -----Original Message----- From: nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how safe is UDP DNS Rick Carroll said: > My firewall is rejecting a TON of UDP dns requests. > Are they generally considered safe or dangerous? generally they are safe. my firewall is the opposite, I reject TCP dns requests(to my nameservers), and allow only UDP. some dns requests can be damaging though if your nameserver is vulnerable to any number of attacks. nate -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
