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Old 17-01-2013, 14:29   #6
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Re: dos attack on my server
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Originally Posted by TheWoodster View Post
53 is for dns.
Webserver does not use DNS

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Originally Posted by ferretuk View Post
Are you running your own DNS server for your domains then? If so, why? If not then why is the attempt access to port 53 on your IP address causing problems for your webserver?
What he said

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Originally Posted by TheWoodster View Post
im not running a dns server, i was informed that i would need to open port 53 for dns in order for the domain names to resolve to this server. is this not the case?
No.

You pay someone else to do that, with much faster servers that are heavily defended against DOS attacks.
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