[ale] Can't connect to port 53

[gcs8]

Why are you using the DNS port?


On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Jim Lynch <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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