DNS doesn't work from the outside of my network

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9r6oge$f5a at pub3.rc.vix.com>, la_mano <my99thacc at yahoo.com> wrote:
>and here is what it gives from outside:
>
>        $ dig @209.74.191.6 www.mydomain.com
> 
>        ; <<>> DiG 9.1.1 <<>> @209.74.191.6 www.mydomain.com
>        ;; global options:  printcmd
>        ;; Got answer:
>        ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: REFUSED, id: 34172

This means that the outside client's IP address isn't in the allow-query
access list on the server.  If the firewall performs address translation
then it's the firewall's inside address that isn't in the ACL.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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