carlopmart wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: >> carlopmart wrote: >>> Lars Hecking wrote: >>>>> options { >>>>> directory "/var/named"; >>>>> dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db"; >>>>> statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt"; >>>>> memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt"; >>>>> listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 172.25.50.10; }; >>>>> version "DNS Server v2.0"; >>>>> dnssec-enable no; >>>>> query-source port 53; >>>>> forwarders { 208.67.220.220; 208.67.222.222; }; >>>>> }; >>>> >>>>> As you can see, I need to use "query-source port" param too with forwarders to >>>>> resolv names (and this is really really ugly). >>>> >>>> Explicit query-source port breaks port randomisation and is highly insecure. >>>> Your problem may be an incorrectly configured firewall that only accepts >>>> outgoing queries originating from source port 53 - it needs to accept all >>>> outgoing queries for destination port 53. >>>> >>>> >>> Thanks lars. Correctly, firewall could be the problem, but it isn't. Because >>> Ubuntu and Windows 2003/2008 doesn't have problems with it ... and resolves >>> perfectly ... And I don't have configured this firewall to accept dns queries >>> originating from source port 53 ... >>> >> What does 'dig' show about your access to the root servers without >> forwarders and with and without forcing the query-source port? Compare >> it to the Ubuntu system. Maybe there's something wrong with the root >> hints file - or maybe your border firewall is blocking all udp to this >> box but permitting it to the DNS servers that work. >> > > Thanks Les, but I have checked it before post this problem. Ubuntu and CentOS > have the same file to do querys to root servers ... And the results of 'dig' on each? > I have find a temporary solution: reduce the MTU on CentOS server (1440) ...I > need to investigate why centOS loses some packages and ubuntu doesn't .... Are you routing through tunnels? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com