What software are you using?  I've had this problem before using bind 
8, but it seems to work fine with bind 9.

Jay


On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 10:01  AM, Mark Courtney wrote:

> I have been trying to set up a DNS server behind a firewall and I have 
> had
> less than desirable results.
> I can successfully operate a Web server behind the firewall, by opening
> TCP port 80, but the DNS server does not work even when opening port 53
> UPD and TCP.
> I have restarted named and reloaded the configuration after placing the
> DNS server behind the firewall.
> My domains do not resolve from other networks (ISP's) when I put the 
> DNS
> server behind the firewall.
> I also use this DNS server as the primary for my local network.
>
> Is there a change that needs to be made to the named config files?
> Another port that needs to be opened?
>
> Thanks In Advance
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, 
> Minnesota
> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list