Jesper Høyjesperhoy.hashnode.dev·Nov 1, 2017Documentation source in markdownHaving used Git with software source code for a while now, I realized that Git would be fantastic with documentation source text written in markdown as well. Easy collaboration, version control, diffing, etc. Until now, our documentation source texts...markdown
Jesper Høyjesperhoy.hashnode.dev·Jul 21, 2016Implementing IPv6 / Moving to Vultr and Name.comWe are seeing more and more support requests related to IPv6, so I figured it was about time to IPv6 enable our own public web and DNS servers to get more hands-on experience with this. Our products Simple DNS Plus and Simple Failover both fully sup...ipv6
Jesper Høyjesperhoy.hashnode.dev·Sep 25, 2015Moving our VMs from Microsoft Azure to Amazon AWSWe are running a number of Simple DNS Plus instances in two locations (Europe and California). Since May 2014 we have been using Microsoft Azure virtual machines for this, and generally we have been very happy (also using Azure web-sites, blob storag...Azure
Jesper Høyjesperhoy.hashnode.dev·May 14, 2014Moving to the Microsoft Azure cloudBefore July 2009, I ran all my web-sites, my mail-server, and a bunch of other software on my own servers located at various ISPs (first co-locating own hardware, later using ISP provided hardware). In July 2009, I had a fast fiber optic Internet con...Azure
Jesper Høyjesperhoy.hashnode.dev·Sep 22, 2007Building Simple DNS Plus v. 5We are just about ready to release the very first beta version of Simple DNS Plus v. 5.0. That means that a lot of compiling, installer building, and testing is going on at the moment.All in all, getting from source code to a complete "setup.exe" fil...simplednsplus
Jesper Høyjesperhoy.hashnode.dev·Jun 17, 2007A smarter boot file for Simple DNS Plus v. 5Several new features in Simple DNS Plus v. 5 require a new way to store the DNS zone list on disk. Previous versions use a standard DNS "boot" file – a plain text file listing each zone line by line.This format is very simple for anyone to read and u...simplednsplus
Jesper Høyjesperhoy.hashnode.dev·Jun 17, 2007Evaluating lightweight database systemsI spent the past few days evaluating different embedded database system for possible use in the upcoming Simple DNS Plus v. 5. Simple DNS Plus v. 5 will be .NET based, so my first requirement was that the database system had a .NET API or data provid...simplednsplus
Jesper Høyjesperhoy.hashnode.dev·Feb 3, 2007Documenting and packaging the new Simple DNS Plus APIWe will be releasing a new Simple DNS Plus API for .NET and COM this coming week - watch our company blog/RSS for the announcement. We were actually pretty close to releasing something very similar for COM about a year ago, but that project was event...simplednsplus
Jesper Høyjesperhoy.hashnode.dev·May 12, 2006How to connect to the IPv6 Internet?All indications are that the Internet will move to IPv6 in a not so distant future.All major operating systems now support the IPv6 protocol, including Linux, BSD, Solaris, and Windows (included with XP SP2 / Vista). Our friends at www.dnsstuff.com r...simplednsplus
