> I am trying to connect to a remote DNS server using rndc on port 953.
> I understand it is a tcp protocol but I've set my rules every which
> way but can't connect. I'm using SNAT. I'm treating the rules as I
> would in other outgoing connection I'm I overlooking something
> special?
Does your remote DNS configuration for RNDC allow connections from
the machine that does SNAT ?
if your key for this connection is rndc-key,
named.conf should containt this.
controls {
inet dns.ip.is.here 953
allow { your.snat.ip.here; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
};
Regards,
Maciej Soltysiak