Need advice on DNS

[Kay Abendroth]

	Hello,

[...]
>>// Authorized source addresses
>>acl "trusted" {
>>       localhost;
>>       111.222.333.444;
>>};
[...]
>>options {
>>       directory "/var/named";
>>       query-source address * port 953;
>>       allow-transfer { none; };
>>       allow-query { trusted; };
>>       allow-recursion { trusted; };
>>       blackhole { bogon; };
>>       version "OpenNA Linux";
[...]
>>
>>Remotely, I am able to ping to 'mydomain.com' and also
>>'ns0.mydomain.com'. However, I am not able to ping to
>>'www.mydomain.com'. It seems like the content in my DNS configuration
>>is not been recognised by the 'outsie' world. I am not sure where went
>>wrong. I hope someone can provide me with some advice.
> 
> 
> The "allow-query { trusted; };" statement in your named.conf doesn't allow
> the outside world to get information from your server.
> 

Barry is right: If you want your DNS server to be used you have to 
CHANGE THIS!!! In your present configuration only your DNS server is 
allowed to query himself. I don't think that's what you want.