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{{unreferenced|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox Software 
| name = Simple DNS Plus
| screenshot = [[Image:Simple dns plus v5 screen shot.png|225 px]]
| developer = [https://www.jhsoft.com JH Software] 
| latest_release_version = 9.1
| latest_release_date    = 28 October 2021
| operating_system = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| language = English
| genre = [[Domain Name System|DNS]] server
| license = proprietary
| website = [https://www.simpledns.plus www.simpledns.plus] 
}}

==Overview==
'''Simple DNS Plus''' is a [[Domain name system|DNS]] [[Server (computing)|server]] [[software]] product that runs on [[x86]] and [[x86-64|x64]] editions of [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[operating system]].

All options and settings are available directly from a [[Microsoft Windows|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 name]]s (IDNs). You can enter domain names with native characters directly (no [[punycode]] conversion needed), and have an option to display native character or [[punycode]]d domain names anywhere in the user interface, and quickly switch between these modes.

You can create DNS records or entire [[zone file]]s from other applications or web-sites and prompt Simple DNS Plus to dynamically load and use this through [[command line]] options, a simple HTTP [[Application programming interface|API]], and a full [[.NET Framework|.NET]]/[[Component Object Model|COM]] [[Computer programming|programming]] [[Application programming interface|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 [[CPU]]s and [[Microsoft Windows|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 address]]es
* Limit recursion to one or more [[IP address]] ranges
* [[IP address]] blocking
* Support for [[AAAA record|AAAA]] and SRV records
* Run as [[Windows service|NT/Windows service]]
* Reverse [[DNS zone|zone]] wizard 
* [[Wildcard DNS record|Wildcard records]] 
* Standard [[DNS zone transfer|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 file]]s compatible with [[BIND]]
* [[Command-line interface|Command line]] options

===Version 3.20 - 2 April 2001===
* Super Master/Slave
* [[HTTP]] [[Application programming interface|API]]
* Dynamic updates
* Incremental [[DNS zone transfer|zone transfers]]
* Support for A6, DNAME records

===Version 3.50 - 3 October 2003===
* Separation of [[Windows service|service]] and [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
* NXDOMAIN redirect
* Support for [[LOC record|LOC]], [[NAPTR record|NAPTR]] records

===Version 3.60 - 27 June 2004===
* [[TSIG]] signed dynamic updates
* Domain specific forwarding
* Stealth DNS

===Version 4.00 - 10 April 2005===
* Automatic [[Sender Policy Framework|SPF]] records
* [[Network address translation|NAT]] IP Alias
* Record and zone comments
* Bulk update wizard
* [[DNS zone|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
* [[Internationalized domain name|IDN]] support
* Plug-in system
* Quick [[DNS zone|Zone]] Templates
* Support for {{IETF RFC|2671}}, {{IETF RFC|3597}}, {{IETF RFC|4408}}

===Version 5.1 - 8 July 2008===
* Suspending [[DNS zone|zones]]
* Remote logging to [[syslog]] server
* Response Filtering to prevent [[DNS rebinding]] attacks
* Support for {{IETF RFC|3164}}, {{IETF 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
* {{IETF RFC|3225}}, {{IETF RFC|4033}}, {{IETF RFC|4034}}, {{IETF RFC|4035}}, {{IETF RFC|4635}}, {{IETF RFC|4641}}, {{IETF RFC|4701}}, {{IETF 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 - [[Secure Sockets Layer|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

==See also==
* [[Comparison of DNS server software]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.simpledns.com/ Simple DNS Plus]
* [http://mydns.bboy.net/survey/ Don Moore's May 2004 DNS Internet survey]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071226064934/http://www.dns.net/dnsrd/servers/windows.html András Salamon's DNS Resources Directory]

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