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On Ragel and char types
In which I spend a lot of time proving a platform difference is not actually a platform difference, and eventually end up proven wrong. PowerDNS make check/testrunner output on Debian 7.0/s390x: test-dnsrecords_c...
Recursor 3.5.3 released
Downloads: Official download page native RHEL5/6 packages from Kees Monshouwer This is a bugfix and performance update to 3.5.2. It brings serious performance improvements for dual stack users. Changes since 3.5....
DNSSEC validation for the Recursor
The PowerDNS Recursor has a proven track record — it has been serving recursive answers for millions of users for many years, with very few complaints. To preserve this robustness that people have come to rely on...
Authoritative Server 3.3 released!
Downloads: Official download page native RHEL5/6 packages from Kees Monshouwer This a stability, bugfix and conformity update to 3.2. It improves interoperability with various validators, either through bugfixes ...
Authoritative Server 3.3 RC2 available!
Downloads: source semi-static packages (rpm, deb, i386, amd64) native RHEL5/6 packages from Kees Monshouwer This a stability, bugfix and conformity update to 3.2. It improves interoperability with various validat...
Simple TCP/IP DNS benchmarking tool
In our work, we frequently find that we need tools to do specific tests. Today, because of a query from one of our users, we wrote a new tool to cover such a need: TCP DNS benchmarking. It is not very sophisticat...
Automated Coverity security scanning of PowerDNS Projects
Hi everybody, PowerDNS values the security of the internet, and strives to keep its programs as secure as possible. To further this cause, we’ve run our code through the Coverity Development Testing suite, and as...
Recursor 3.5.2 released
Released June 7th, 2013 Downloads: Official download page native RHEL5/6 packages from Kees Monshouwer This is a stability and bugfix update to 3.5.1. It contains important fixes that improve operation for certai...
Auth 3.3 RC1 released
Downloads: source semi-static packages (rpm, deb, i386, amd64) native RHEL5/6 packages from Kees Monshouwer This a stability, bugfix and conformity update to 3.2. It improves interoperability with various validat...
Recursor 3.5.1 released
We’re happy to announce our first release from GitHub instead of SVN! This is a stability and bugfix update to 3.5. It contains important fixes that improve operation for certain domains. Changes since 3.5: We no...