Error in Handbook

Chuck Swiger cswiger at mac.com
Wed Feb 2 20:06:19 UTC 2005


Graham Dresch wrote:

> In Chapter 24 Firewalls:
> 
> Section 24.6.5.7:
> 
> Example ruleset #2:
> 
> $cmd 020 $skip tcp from any to x.x.x.x 53 out via $pif setup keep-state
>                ^^^                                     ^^^^^
> 
> DNS uses UDP, setup is inapplicable to UDP

DNS responses which do not fit into a UDP packet are sent via TCP instead, as 
are zone transfers between nameservers.  DNS uses both 53/tcp and 53/udp.

-- 
-Chuck



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