Let me start by saying I am relatively new to Linux, please bear with me.

I am setting up an DNS server for an external domain. I have decided to go with BIND as it seems like the best fit, plus this gives me a chance to get my feet wet with Linux. I am running Debian 5. I followed a few different setup guides about setting up BIND. Everything seemed fairly straight forward. I have setup my config files and zone files, however I am unable to query the server. When I try locally, it times out. When I run nslookup from another computer I get "query refused". Bind is running, I can see the named process running. At first I thought it may be the local firewall, but I am able to telnet to the server on port 53.

I looked in the system log and didn't see any errors, (or any messages at all) relating to Bind.

Any help is appreciated.