named not accessible

I am preparing to start doing my own DNS rather than using ZoneEdit, and am setting up a test zone via WebMin. I believe I have properly set up MX, A, and NS entries for it. From the shell of the nameserver machine, I can run:

host -a shacker.net ns1.birdhouse.org

and get a meaningful response , which means named is properly running on ns1.birdhouse.org, and the zone has been configured.

However, when I run the same command from a shell on any other machine, I get no response:

host -a shacker.net ns1.birdhouse.org
Trying "shacker.net"
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

My first hunch was that this meant a firewall is blocking contact. So I opened up port 53 on the firewall, but no change. What else do I need to do to make name services accessible to the outside world?

Thanks,
Scot

 

 

 

 

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