Raw log file format

Simple DNS Plus v. 5.1
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Simple DNS Plus raw log files (.sdraw) contain an entry for each received DNS request as follows:

 

Bytes

Description

3

Number of seconds since midnight *

2

DNS request packet bytes 3 and 4 (header flags)

2

Query type *

2

Query class *

1

Length of query name less 1

variable

Query domain name (DNS packet format)

1

Length of request source IP address (IPv4=4, IPv6=16)

variable

Request source IP address

 

* bytes represent integer value in network byte order (most significant byte first / big-endian).

 

The Tools directory contains a command line tool to extract and filter raw log data and also a .NET programming library for accessing the raw log data.

 

Raw request logging is enabled in the Options dialog / Logging / Log Files section.