I might be entirely wrong... but is there a way to parse a raw zone/bind file? I haven't been able to find a simple way to parse zone files into C# objects. I would assume that DnsClient parses this internally as a response from a NS server... but is there a way to supply the file from text (disk, stream w/e), without accessing a NS server? Basic example of zone file: > $ORIGIN example.com. > $TTL 86400 > @ SOA dns1.example.com. hostmaster.example.com. ( > 2001062501 ; serial > 21600 ; refresh after 6 hours > 3600 ; retry after 1 hour > 604800 ; expire after 1 week > 86400 ) ; minimum TTL of 1 day > ; > ; > NS dns1.example.com. > NS dns2.example.com. > dns1 A 10.0.1.1 > AAAA aaaa:bbbb::1 > dns2 A 10.0.1.2 > AAAA aaaa:bbbb::2 > ; > ; > @ MX 10 mail.example.com. > MX 20 mail2.example.com. > mail A 10.0.1.5 > AAAA aaaa:bbbb::5 > mail2 A 10.0.1.6 > AAAA aaaa:bbbb::6 > ; > ; > ; This sample zone file illustrates sharing the same IP addresses for multiple services: > ; > services A 10.0.1.10 > AAAA aaaa:bbbb::10 > A 10.0.1.11 > AAAA aaaa:bbbb::11 > > ftp CNAME services.example.com. > www CNAME services.example.com. > ; > ;