Nameserver not resolving queries

[linuxMaestro]

My nameserver wont resolve anything eventhough bind is running. Why wont it resolve anything?

[root@dns2 root]# named-checkconf
[root@dns2 root]# host aol.com localhost
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
[root@dns2 root]# netstat -lntp
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name
tcp 0 0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 882/named
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 882/named
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 710/sshd
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:953 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 882/named

 

[ChrisAC]

Maybe BIND isn't correctly configured. Maybe it can't make outbound connections to other servers. Can you dig on other DNS servers from that box?

Chris.

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