Hello,
     Thought you'd like to know that the amendments you suggested works
for me now. 

Thank you very much for the time and effort! See:
$ dig . ns @c.root-servers.net

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> . ns @c.root-servers.net 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 13
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      ., type = NS, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
.                       6D IN NS        L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       6D IN NS        M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       6D IN NS        I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       6D IN NS        E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       6D IN NS        D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       6D IN NS        A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       6D IN NS        H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       6D IN NS        C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       6D IN NS        G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       6D IN NS        F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       6D IN NS        B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       6D IN NS        J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       6D IN NS        K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    198.32.64.12
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    202.12.27.33
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    192.36.148.17
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    192.203.230.10
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    128.8.10.90
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    198.41.0.4
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    128.63.2.53
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    192.33.4.12
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    192.112.36.4
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    192.5.5.241
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    128.9.0.107
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    198.41.0.10
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     5w6d16h IN A    193.0.14.129

;; Total query time: 229 msec
;; FROM: Demon.vickiandstacey.com to SERVER: c.root-servers.net 
192.33.4.12
;; WHEN: Sun Oct 27 20:41:04 2002
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 17  rcvd: 436
$

On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 18:09, D. Penev wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 06:29:16PM +0000, Stacey Roberts wrote:
> >Subject: Re: dig . ns @b.root-servers.net - Connection refused. WHY?
> >     [related to FBSD 4.7 reset itself - lots of "DENY UDP" mess]ages in
> >     /var/log/security
> >From: Stacey Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: Ruben de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> >     FreeBSD Questions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Date: 27 Oct 2002 18:29:16 +0000
> >
> >Okay,
> >    I've been hacking about with my ipfw rules in order to nail this
> >down, but I'm still coming up against a wall here.., 
> >
> >I've made this change:
> ># Allow out access to Internet Domain name server
> >$fwcmd add 00617 allow tcp from any to any 53 out via $oif setup
> >keep-state 
> >#$fwcmd add 00618 allow udp from any to any 53 out via $oif setup
> >keep-state <==== <COMMENTED THIS OUT>
> >$fwcmd add 00618 allow udp from any to any 53 out via $oif
> 
> You forget keep-state. You rule should be:
> $fwcmd add 00618 allow udp from any to any 53 out via $oif keep-state 
> 
> 
> >                  ^
> >                  |
> >       PUT THIS IN INSTEAD
> >
> >Now I try to query a root-server, I still get stopped by the firewall:
> ># date
> >Sun Oct 27 18:19:35 GMT 2002
> ># dig . ns @b.root-servers.net
> >
> >; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> . ns @b.root-servers.net 
> >; (1 server found)
> >;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> >;; res_nsend to server b.root-servers.net  128.9.0.107: Operation timed
> >out
> >
> >Checking logs:
> ># tail /var/log/security
> ><snip>
> >Oct 27 18:19:40 Demon /kernel: ipfw: 900 Deny UDP 128.9.0.107:53
> >192.168.1.8:1642 in via sis0
> ># 
> >
> >The previous posted (see below) informed me that using setup /
> >keep-state with udp is wrong. Given the changes I've made above, what
> >are the magic statements to allow my to query the root servers and allow
> >their responses back in?
> >
> >TIA
> >Stacey
> >
> >On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 16:06, Ruben de Groot wrote:
> ><snip>
> >> > 
> >> > Verifying relevant ipfw rules:
> >> > # Allow out access to Internet Domain name server
> >> > $fwcmd add 00618 allow tcp from any to any 53 out via $oif setup
> >> > keep-state 
> >> > $fwcmd add 00619 allow udp from any to any 53 out via $oif setup
> >> > keep-state
> >> 
> >> This last rule is bogus. From ipfw(8):
> >> 
> >>      setup   Matches TCP packets that have the SYN bit set but no ACK bit.
> >>              This is the short form of ``tcpflags syn,!ack''.
> >> 
> >> "setup" is not supposed to work for UDP packets. there is no handshake as 
> >> in tcp connections.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> > 
> >> > Checking ipfw rule 910:
> >> > $fwcmd add 00910 deny log logamount 500 ip from any to any
> >> > 
> >> > Why am I not able to query root servers, given my rules 00618 & 00619? 
> >> > 
> >> > I'd appreciate someone helping me out here., (or hitting me over the
> >> > head if I'm missing something simple and glaringly obvious)
> >> > 
> >> > TIA 
> >> > 
> >> > Stacey
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > -- 
> >> > Stacey Roberts
> >> > B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science
> >> > 
> >> > Web: www.vickiandstacey.com
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
> >-- 
> >Stacey Roberts
> >B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science
> >
> >Web: www.vickiandstacey.com
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> D. Penev
> 
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Stacey Roberts
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Web: www.vickiandstacey.com

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