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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.1.0-beta1 Released
On this lovely day, we are releasing version 5.1.0-beta1 of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server. It contains many small new features and improvements over the previous 5.1.0-alpha1 release, as well as the unavoidab...
Introducing PowerDNS Authoritative Essentials
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of PowerDNS Authoritative Essentials – a streamlined, enterprise-grade solution designed for organizations that require high-performance, secure, and dependable DNS for their...
PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.14 and 2.0.5 Released
Today we again released two new versions of DNSdist, 1.9.14 and 2.0.5, fixing one regression introduced in 1.9.13 and 2.0.4, and several small issues that were not included in yesterday's security releases. The r...
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-05 for PowerDNS Authoritative Server
Today, we are releasing two new versions of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server. These 4.9.14 and 5.0.4 versions provide fixes for the following PowerDNS Security Advisory: PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-05: Multi...
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-04 for PowerDNS DNSdist
Today we released two new versions of DNSdist, 1.9.13 and 2.0.4, fixing several security issues that have been reported to us. These security issues are medium to high severity, and we recommend upgrading quickly...
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-03 for PowerDNS Recursor
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.9, 5.3.6 and 5.4.1. These releases provide fixes for PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-03 for PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple issues There are several CVEs associated with t...
PowerDNS Recursor Plexus preserves Recursor performance after restarts
DNS resolvers are designed for continuous operation and typically do not require regular restarts. In real-world environments, however, restarts are sometimes unavoidable. Configuration changes, software updates ...
PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.12 and 2.0.3 Released (Security Release)
Today we released two new versions of DNSdist, 1.9.12 and 2.0.3, fixing several security issues that have been reported to us. These security issues are low-severity or involve unusual configurations. The issues ...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.1.0-alpha1 Released
Every year during winter, we at PowerDNS benefit from our developers being snowed in and having no choice but to work on our codebase. Now that the snowdrifts are about to start thawing, we can release that labou...
PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0-beta2 Released
Today we released the second beta version of what will become PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0. This new version brings a single fix since the first beta: the newly introduced Dynamic Block AllowedRCodeRatio could only be ...