Mabry Software Announces Dns/NET; Provides Developers With Domain Name Lookups for Microsoft .NET.

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STANWOOD, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2002

Mabry Software announces Dns/NET(TM), Mabry's next generation domain name lookup and translation component.

Mabry's Dns/NET component provides easy access to all of the information provided by name servers. Written entirely in managed code, Dns/NET is the perfect solution for applications requiring access to the wealth of information provided by name servers and which cannot be retrieved using the primitive functionality of the .Net Framework's System.Net.Dns class.

Name servers can, upon request, return a number of types of information. Each type of information is encapsulated in a Dns/NET class, providing easy access to request-specific information. Dns/NET name server related resource classes include the following:

-- CanonicalName -- canonical name for the host.

-- Location -- the location of the name server.

-- MailDestination -- host that has a mail agent able to deliver e-mail to the
specified domain.

-- MailExchange -- host willing to act as a mail exchange for the owner name.
Includes the preference given to this resource record among others at the same
owner.

-- MailForwarder -- host that has a mail agent able to forward e-mail to the
specified domain.

Not all classes are listed above -- there are too many for this short description. Additionally, Dns/NET provides in the NameServers property and the NameServer class a list of the name servers available on the local system.

And, like all of Mabry's /NET Internet components, Dns/NET supports both the synchronous and asynchronous programming models.

Dns/NET is designed for use in the Microsoft .NET Framework. Dns/NET is available for $129.00 plus shipping and handling. A package that includes Dns/NET and its C# source code is available for $259.00. The product is royalty-free with unlimited run-time distribution allowed. Mabry Software provides free technical support, bug fixes, and upgrades for the life of the component.

Complete technical information and a fully functional trial version (for VS.NET Version 1.0) that has no time limit or other restrictions other than a nag screen are available at http://www.mabry.com/dotnet. The product can be purchased directly from Mabry Software or any of its U.S. or international representatives. Review copies are available.

Mabry Software, Inc. was founded in the spring of 1993 by two of the industry's top developers, James Shields and Zane Thomas. Their goal was to fill a niche for components that large software houses had overlooked. Since its inception, Mabry has been synonymous with intelligent, highly functional components. Mabry has a broad range of development expertise, ranging from barcode to Internet controls. In 1997, Mabry Software, Inc. started its Mabry Publishing division specializing in high content density Microsoft Visual Basic books. Mabry Publishing authors include Richard Grier and Don Kiely. Today Mabry Software, having outlived many of its earlier competitors, continues to release exciting and valuable components built for the Microsoft .NET Framework, ActiveX controls and COM objects from its 60-acre campus north of Seattle.

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