ok, I get it now. In the configuration file there is the commented out line
// query-source address * port 53; which activates the default query-source address * port *; I couldn't understand the relation between the above configuration option (which specifies an address and port to use when _making_queries_) with the udp port that the server was already _listening_on_. What I figured out is that the server uses an unpriviliged random udp port when originating queries to other name servers and that named binds that udp port a priori and listens on that port waiting for replies to questions it will make. I hope I got it right, could someone please confirm that? Anyway, I should squeeze my brain a little more, before bothering the list ;-) ~kmag -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
