firewall blocking 53

[Pete Ehlke]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 04:02:34PM -0400, Eric L. Howard wrote:
> 
> At a certain time, now past, David Botham spake thusly:
> > 
> > I agree with Pete.  If the fw blocks all replies after the first
> > timeout, even if the name server sends additional queries, then the fw
> > is broke (or at least sucks).  However, I do not think that FW-1
> 
> I agree with that statement.  I hope that none of my previous statements
> make anyone think that I don't.  My original point was that in this
> instance...I didn't (and still don't) think that it's a firewall
> misconfiguration.
> 
That was my position as well. Apologies if my rather vigorous defense of
it caused folks to see a flamefest where none was intended.

-P.