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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.1.1 Released
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...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.1.0 Released
Being out of excuses to postpone this release, we are releasing PowerDNS Authoritative Server version 5.1.0 today. A detailed list of changes can be found in the changelog. There are too many changes and bugfixes...
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-06 for PowerDNS Authoritative Server
Today, we are releasing two new versions of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server. These 4.9.15 and 5.0.5 versions provide fixes for the following PowerDNS Security Advisory: PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-06: Multi...
Automatic authenticated DNSSEC Bootstrapping in PowerDNS Authoritative
The chain of trust is better off without leaps of faith: Automatic authenticated DNSSEC Bootstrapping in PowerDNS Authoritative Server Authors: Barbara Jantzen & Peter Thomassen (both from deSEC)
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...
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 Authoritative Server 5.0.3 & 4.9.13
Today, we are releasing two new versions of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server. These 4.9.13 and 5.0.3 versions only contain bugfixes.
FOSDEM 2026 DNS Devroom Call For Presentations
Hello DNS enthusiasts and other developers, After several earlier successful and packed DNS devrooms, we are happy to announce another half-day DNS devroom at FOSDEM 2026. As with the previous events, we hope to ...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0.1
Today, we are releasing PowerDNS Authoritative Server version 5.0.1. This release contains a few bug fixes and improvements, and one new feature for LMDB backend users.
First Alpha Release for PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0.0
Here at the secret PowerDNS Labs, we have been working very hard at growing new crops of DNS software (while pretending to grow tulips in order to remain unnoticed).