Re: [cobalt-users] IPChains Help

["Wim Dieke" <w.dieke@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I am in the process of setting up my firewall and I am having one
> problem and it involves dns.  When I test my rule set DNS doesn't
> work.  DNS still resolves outside of the box but when I am on the box
> and dig another domain outside of the box I get timeout.  Can someone
> please help. 
> 
> Here is my ruleset for DNS
> 
> ipchains -A input -i eth0 -p udp --source Primary IP 53 -j ACCEPT
> ipchains -A input -i eth0 -p udp --source Secondary IP 53 -j ACCEPT
> 
> Thanks
> --Todd
Hi Todd,

I would add the following rule. This allows traffic to go remote 
ipchains -A input -i eth0 -p udp --destination-port 53  -j ACCEPT

Your rules only define incoming traffic.

maybe this helps.
Regards, Wim.