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First alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.5.0
Otto Moerbeek on Aug 13, 2026
We are proud to announce the first alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.5.0!
Vodafone Türkiye's Journey From Legacy DNS to Cloud-Native Infrastructure
Cord Stukenberg on Aug 12, 2026
The telecommunications industry is evolving at an unprecedented pace. The rollout of 5G, the rapid expansion of fiber networks, and the growing demand for digital security services are fundamentally changing the ...
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-11 for PowerDNS Authoritative Server, Recur...
Otto Moerbeek on Aug 06, 2026
Today we have released PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.17, 5.0.7, 5.1.4, Recursor 5.2.13, 5.3.10, 5.4.5, and dnsdist 1.9.16, 2.0.8, 2.1.1. These releases provide fixes for PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-11 for...
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-10 for PowerDNS Recursor
Otto Moerbeek on Jul 22, 2026
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.12, 5.3.9 and 5.4.4. These releases provide fixes for PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-10 for PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple issues There are two CVEs associated with this...
PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0 Released
Remi Gacogne on Jul 02, 2026
Today we are thrilled to be releasing PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0.
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.1.3 Released
Peter van Dijk on Jun 30, 2026
This release ships one new feature (SOA-EDIT spreading, combined with signature expiry extension) and a few bug fixes. You can read the full changelog.
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-08 for PowerDNS Recursor
Otto Moerbeek on Jun 25, 2026
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.11, 5.3.8 and 5.4.3. These releases provide fixes for PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-08 for PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple issues There are several CVEs associated with ...
PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.15 and 2.0.7 Released (Security Release)
Remi Gacogne on Jun 25, 2026
Today we released two new versions of DNSdist, 1.9.15 and 2.0.7, fixing several security issues that have been reported to us. These security issues are low to medium severity, and we recommend upgrading quickly....
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-07 for PowerDNS Authoritative Server
Peter van Dijk on Jun 25, 2026
Today, we are releasing three new versions of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server. These 4.9.16, 5.0.6 and 5.1.2 versions provide fixes for the following PowerDNS Security Advisory: PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.1.1 Released
Peter van Dijk on Jun 08, 2026
Despite our best efforts, a severe bug escaped our testing while working on the 5.1.0 release. Users of the LMDB backend, when not using the new ``lmdb-split-domain-table'', would fail to update their last notifi...
