[ale] Can't connect to port 53

[Jim Lynch]

Hosts file is OK, I'm not an expert at dns so I'll have to research the 
other possibility.  Thanks,

Jim.
On 01/17/2013 06:07 PM, Matt Hessel wrote:
>
> When you telnet to local host, you are connecting to a virtual 
> interface (loopback) which uses 127.0.0.1
>
> External hosts cannot use it.
>
> Your bind9 instance has attached to the loopback instead of the 
> external IP address for your host.
>
> Check the configuration for bind, and optionally your hosts file, make 
> sure your hostname is set to the external IP, and not the loopback 
> (which is default)
>
> On Jan 17, 2013 5:59 PM, "Jim Lynch" <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com 
> <mailto:ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>> wrote:
>
>     I have a vps system running bind9 that I can telnet to port 53
>     from the local system but not from any other system (I tried
>     three). See:
>
>     telnet localhost 53
>     Trying ::1...
>     Connected to localhost.
>     Escape character is '^]'.
>     }^]
>     telnet> quit
>
>     ifconfig | grep inet
>
>     inet addr:xxx.xxx.33.120  P-t-P:xxx.xxx.33.120
>     Bcast:xxx.xxx.33.120  Mask:255.255.255.255
>
>     iptables -L
>     Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
>     target     prot opt source               destination
>
>     Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
>     target     prot opt source               destination
>
>     Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
>     target     prot opt source               destination
>
>     (from another host)
>      telnet xxx.xxx.33.120 53
>     Trying xxx.xxx.33.120...
>     telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
>
>     /etc/hosts.deny has some entries, but none for the host that can't
>     connect and all the entries are for sshd anyway.
>
>     Is there something else that needs to be configured?  Selinux
>     doesn't seem to be installed on this Centos 5.8 system.  No
>     sestatus command, no /etc/selinux/config file, etc.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Jim.
>
>
>
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