Welcome to Simple DNS Plus Help
How to get started
How to host a domain name
How to setup primary / secondary
How to secure your server
How to read the log
How to integrate with other applications
How to use the HTTP API
How to use command line options
User Interface
Main window
Main window - Views
Options dialog
Options dialog - General
Options dialog - DNS - Inbound Requests
Options dialog - DNS - Outbound Requests
Options dialog - DNS - Resolver - Recursion
Options dialog - DNS - Resolver - IP Filtering
Options dialog - DNS - Resolver - Caching
Options dialog - DNS - Local Zones - Zone Transfers
Options dialog - DNS - Local Zones - Super Master/Slave
Options dialog - DNS - Local Zones - Secondary Zones
Options dialog - DNS - Local Zones - Suspended Zones
Options dialog - DNS - Local Zones - Automatic SPF
Options dialog - DNS - Local Zones - TSIG Updates
Options dialog - DNS - Local zones - Zone Versions
Options dialog - DNS - Forwarding
DNS Forwarding dialog
Options dialog - DNS - Lame Requests
Options dialog - DNS - Non-existing Domains
Options dialog - DNS - NAT IP alias conversion
Options dialog - DNS - Miscellaneous
Options dialog - HTTP API
Options dialog - Logging - Log Details
Options dialog - Logging - Log Files
Options dialog - Logging - Syslog Server
Options dialog - Logging - Active Log View
Options dialog - Logging - Windows Event Log
Options dialog - Remote Management
IP Address Blocking dialog
Plug-In Instances dialog
Add new plug-in instance dialog
Plug-In Instance dialog
DNS Records window
Bulk Update Wizard
Check Internet Delegations dialog
Default Zone Values dialog
DNSSEC Keys dialog
DNSSEC DS-records dialog
New DNSSEC Key dialog
DNSSEC Sign Zone dialog
Export Wizard
Import Wizard
Reverse zone IP-to-Name Mappings dialog
New Zone Wizard
Quick Zone Wizard
Record Properties dialog
Standard zone file dialog
Zone Properties Dialog
Zone versions dialog
DNS Look Up window
DNS Look Up Window - Look Up Types
DNS Cache Snapshot window
Plug-Ins Overview
Definition - Authoritative
Definition - Caching
Definition - DNSSEC
Definition - Domains vs. Zones
Definition - Dynamic DNS update
Definition - Forwarding
Definition - Hosts File
Definition - Internationalized domain names (IDNs)
Definition - Recursion
Definition - Reverse DNS
Definition - Root DNS Records
Definition - Round Robin
Definition - Suspended Zone
Definition - TSIG
Definition - TTL (Time To Live)
Definition - Zone Transfer
DNS Record types
A-Records (Host address)
AAAA-Records (IPv6 host address)
AFSDB-Records (AFS Data Base location)
ALIAS-Records (Auto Resolved Alias)
ATMA-Records (Asynchronous Transfer Mode address)
CAA-records (Certification Authority Authorization)
CERT-Records (Certificate / CRL)
CNAME-Records (Canonical name for an alias)
DHCID-Records (DHCP Information)
DNAME-Records (Non-Terminal DNS Name Redirection)
DNSKEY-Records (DNSSEC public key)
DS-Records (Delegation Signer)
HINFO-Records (Host information)
ISDN-Records (ISDN address)
LOC-Records (Location information)
MB, MG, MINFO, MR Records (mailbox records)
MX-Records (Mail exchange)
NAPTR-Records (Naming Authority Pointer)
NS-Records (Authoritative name server)
NSAP-Records (NSAP address)
NSEC-Records (Next Secure)
NSEC3-Records (Next Secure v. 3)
NSEC3PARAM-Records (NSEC3 Parameters)
PTR-Records (domain name pointer)
RP-Records (Responsible person)
RRSIG-Records (RRset Signature)
RT-Records (Route through)
SOA-Records (Start of authority)
SRV-Records (location of service)
TLSA-Records (Transport Layer Security Authentication)
TXT-Records (Descriptive text)
X25-Records (X.25 PSDN address)
Event IDs / Error Messages
Raw log file format