Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 17:28:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Kwoody <kwoody@citytel.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What lives on port 53? Message-ID: <19971128172817.52318@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971127223912.5809A-100000@mybsd.net>; from Kwoody on Thu, Nov 27, 1997 at 10:42:21PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971127223912.5809A-100000@mybsd.net>
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On Thu, Nov 27, 1997 at 10:42:21PM -0800, Kwoody wrote: > > Been trying to figure out what is causing ppp -auto to dial out. After > getting the dns worked out(i think) I see in my ppp.log file that its > my 95 box calling across via UDP from port 137 (specail to windows, read > about it a while back...to do with Samba?) at any rate its goint to my > ISP's main box on port 53. > > Now what lives there such that my win95 box would attempt to contact it? 53 is a DNS lookup. You probably have the ISP set up as primary name server. You can disable autodial selectively--take a look at the tutorial. Greg
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