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What Ports Required For BIND Domain Name Server

I‘d like to know what TCP and UDP ports need to be open for the Domain Name Service (DNS) to function properly under Linux, OS X and UNIX like operating systems?

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Bell Canada Hijacking DNS Queries On Non-Existent Domain Names

BELL Canada a consumer ISPs have started the practice of DNS hijacking on non-existent domain names, for the purpose of making money by displaying advertisements. This practice violates the RFC standard for DNS (NXDOMAIN) responses, and can potentially open users to cross-site scripting attacks. This is confirmed by several members of broadband web forum.

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