Overview
A part of the
Ultimate Netkit Package, Ultimate DNS component is a set of .NET classes that makes the work of
querying DNS servers for resource record types
defined by RFC-1034 and RFC-1035 easy.
Features
Query DNS servers for resource record types, and Reverse lookup for host name easily
DNS classes make the work of querying DNS servers for resource record types defined by RFC-1034 and RFC-1035 more easily.
You can quickly retrieve the list of available DNS servers in your network, send a constructed DNS request message to a DNS server
and process the fully parsed response message. The classes offers the flexibility, ease of use and rapid development features of a
component without the complexities of working with the native socket class or in-depth knowledge of how the Domain Name Services are implemented.
The component offers the following features:
- Lookup for Resource Records - Host name to A Record (IP address), MX Record, etc.
- Reversve lookup for PTR Record - IP address to host name
- Supports Resource Records: A, A6, AAAA, AFSDB, ALL, CNAME, GPOS, HINFO, ISDN, KEY, MB, MD, MF, MG, MINFO, MR, MX, NS, NSAP, NSAPPTR, NULL, NXT, PTR, PX, RP, RT, SIG, SOA, SRV, TXT, WKS, X25.
- Supports RFC-1034/RFC-1035
- Retrieve the list of available DNS servers
- Send and receive DNS request and response messages
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Support for IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol
IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), the next-generation protocol designed by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force),
will gradually replace the current version of the Internet Protocol, IPv4.
With Ultimate DNS Component, users have an integrated service assurance solution that
will provide them with DNS capabilities in mixed IPv4 and IPv6 environments.
This helps organizations with the adoption of and the transition to IPv6 by making the management of such networks seamless.
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.NET Technology
By using 100% managed code written in C#, the Ultimate DNS component
takes advantage of the numerous built-in features of the .NET Framework to enhance
performance, moreover, the component is CLS compliant, and it does not use
any unsafe blocks for minimal permission requirements. In addition, the component is highly compatible with Microsoft ClickOnce.
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Ultimate DNS Component for .NET supports the following platforms:
- Windows Forms
- Web Forms
- Web Services
In addition, it is also possible to use the component in
PowerShell - Microsoft’s new command console and scripting language.
Ultimate DNS is fully compatible with Visual Studio 2005 (.NET 2.0) and
Visual Studio 2008 (.NET 3.5), as well as Visual Studio 2010 (.NET 4.0). As a benefit, you are always up-to-date with Microsoft's Technologies when using our products.
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Supports event-driven (Asynchronous) and blocking (Synchronous) Design
Most applications written with the DNS component will be synchronous.
Synchronous method gives you the ease-of-use, but it can only returns the control
back to the caller after it has finished, meaning that it blocks the execution of
the caller for a period of time. Using synchronous method is recommended when you
only need to execute one DNS operation at a time.
You might decide that your design requires an asynchronous operation when it is
needed to manage email messages simultaneously. Asynchronous methods provide a great deal
of power. Asynchronous method is executed on a thread separate from the calling
thread. Such operation is useful when an operation is time consuming
and other codes need to execute without waiting for the initial operation to complete.
In addition, the user interface will be most responsive when asynchronous methods
are used.
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Flexibility
The DNS component has been designed with a great degree of flexibility
and can be used with a wide variety of programming languages and different types
of development environments. Available as a managed .NET class, it is fully supported
by languages such as Visual Basic, Visual C#, J#, Managed C++,
Borland C# Builder, and Delphi.
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Fully Documented
As important as functionality, features and stability are, comprehensive documentation
is equally as important to the application developer. This is why the Ultimate
DNS for .NET product includes a Developer's Guide and a complete Technical
Reference which documents every property, method and event supported by
the component. A printable version of the documentation is included with the product,
as well as context-sensitive online help which can be accessed directly from within
the development environment.
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Complete sample applications in VB.NET, C#, and ASP.NET
In addition to the fully documented Developer's Guide and a complete Technical Reference,
Ultimate DNS component also includes a number of samples with
full source code which help you become familiar with the features of
the component and provide code which you can re-use in your own applications.
The setup package contains two DNS samples. To help you write web applications using our classes quickly, we also included two web sample projects.
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Royalty-free
ATP understands today's software development requirements which often require
support for multiple operating systems and different programming languages. As with
all ATP components, the product is licensed to a single developer, and
applications built using the DNS component can be redistributed to as many end-users as
needed without additional royalties or runtime licensing fees. Developers
are also permitted to install the product on different development systems as long
as they are the only one using it and there is no chance that it can be used by
more than one developer at the same time.
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