On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 02:11:33PM -0400, Ramin Alidousti wrote:
> On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 06:48:21PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

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> > Sorry, I should be able to test this myself but I don't really a lab type
> > setup, so I'm hoping someone here knows the answer.
> > 
> > If I make an outbound DNS request through the FORWARD table over UDP is the
> > state engine smart enough to understand that a reply over TCP should be
> > allowed in as an ESTABLISHED connection?
> 
> When does a UDP DNS query result in a TCP response? DNS doesn't work that
> way. See rfc1035.

I believe it does in the case of *large* responses:

http://www.acmebw.com/askmrdns/archive.php?category=81&question=189

I'm just wondering how related RELATED packets have to be.

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FunkyJesus System Administration Team


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