Simple DNS Plus

Simple DNS Plus
Developer(s)	JH Software
Stable release	9.1 / 28 October 2021
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Available in	English
Type	DNS server
License	proprietary
Website	www.simpledns.plus

Overview

Simple DNS Plus is a DNS server software product that runs on x86 and x64 editions of Windows operating system.

All options and settings are available directly from a Windows user interface. It provides wizards for common tasks such as setting up new zones, importing data, making bulk updates, etc.

It has full support for IPv6. It has an option to control protocol preference (IPv4 / IPv6) on dual-stack computers, and it can even act as IPv6-to-IPv4 or IPv4-to-IPv6 forwarder.

It has full support for internationalized domain names (IDNs). You can enter domain names with native characters directly (no punycode conversion needed), and have an option to display native character or punycoded domain names anywhere in the user interface, and quickly switch between these modes.

You can create DNS records or entire zone files from other applications or web-sites and prompt Simple DNS Plus to dynamically load and use this through command line options, a simple HTTP API, and a full .NET/COM programming API.

Simple DNS Plus is based on the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 and is 100% managed code, protecting it from common security issues such as buffer overruns, and making it run natively on both 32 bit and 64 bit CPUs and Windows versions, including Windows Vista.

History / Versions

Version numbers, date released, and new feature highlights

Version 1.00 - 3 June 1999

First official release

Version 2.00 - 10 December 1999

Binding to specific local IP addresses
Limit recursion to one or more IP address ranges
IP address blocking
Support for AAAA and SRV records
Run as NT/Windows service
Reverse zone wizard
Wildcard records
Standard zone transfers
Cache snapshot viewer

Version 3.00 - 24 August 2000

Import wizard
Zone file sharing
Support for HINFO, MB, MG, MINFO, MR AFSDB, ISDN, RP, RT, X25, NSAP, and ATMA records
Standard Zone files compatible with BIND
Command line options

Version 3.20 - 2 April 2001

Super Master/Slave
HTTP API
Dynamic updates
Incremental zone transfers
Support for A6, DNAME records

Version 3.50 - 3 October 2003

Separation of service and GUI
NXDOMAIN redirect
Support for LOC, NAPTR records

Version 3.60 - 27 June 2004

TSIG signed dynamic updates
Domain specific forwarding
Stealth DNS

Version 4.00 - 10 April 2005

Automatic SPF records
NAT IP Alias
Record and zone comments
Bulk update wizard
Zone groups

Version 5.0 - 17 January 2008

Version 5.0 was re-written for the .NET Framework 2.0

Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008 support
IPv6 support
IDN support
Plug-in system
Quick Zone Templates
Support for RFC 2671, RFC 3597, RFC 4408

Version 5.1 - 8 July 2008

Suspending zones
Remote logging to syslog server
Response Filtering to prevent DNS rebinding attacks
Support for RFC 3164, RFC 5452

Version 5.2 - 23 April 2009

Windows 7 / Windows server core support
Remote Management
DNSSEC hosting
Secure Zone Transfers (TSIG signed)
Check Internet Delegations wizard
Windows Performance Counters
DNS request "rules" for plug-ins
RFC 3225, RFC 4033, RFC 4034, RFC 4035, RFC 4635, RFC 4641, RFC 4701, RFC 5155

Version 5.3 - 27 October 2015

ALIAS-records (Auto Resolved Alias)
DNS0x20
HTTP API can share port 80 / domain / partial URL with IIS
New authentication options for HTTP API
CERT-records (Certificate / CRL)
TLSA-records (Transport Layer Security Authentication)

Version 6.0 - 20 April 2016

Zone version control
All DNS data and program settings in single database file
View/Save as standard zone file
Export standard boot file and zone files
SHA-256 and SHA-512 in DNSSEC signatures
SHA-256 and SHA-384 hashes in DNSSEC DS-records
CAA-records (Certification Authority Authorization)

Version 7.0 - 19 May 2018

New HTTP API (v. 2)
HTTP API - CORS support
HTTP API - SSL support
HTTP API - debugging log files
New zone account-ID setting
Import zones from a Simple DNS Plus v. 6.0 / 7.x database file
Enhanced auto IP address blocking

Version 8.0 - 2 July 2018

Automatic DNSSEC signing
Automatic DNSSEC ZSK rollover
On-line DNSSEC keys
Scheduled automatic deletion of on-line DNSSEC keys
Combining on-line and off-line DNSSEC keys
New function to remove/disable DNSSEC for a zone
DNSSEC records hidden in GUI
New HTTP API commands for DNSSEC

Version 9.0 - 28 September 2021

DNS over TLS (DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH)
New "Bind SSL certificate" helper function
"HTTPS" DNS record type

Version 9.1 - 28 October 2021

JavaScript plug-in
New asynchronous plug-in interface
Plug-in query order enhanced

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