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Authoritative Server 4.7.2

Authoritative Server 4.7.2

This is the release of version 4.7.2 of the Authoritative Server. Just one day after releasing version 4.7.1, we realised an important fix was missing from it. Specifically, AXFR clients (secondaries) can get ver...

Authoritative Server 4.7.1

Authoritative Server 4.7.1

This is the release of version 4.7.1 of the Authoritative Server. After 4.7.0 (quite recently) was released, we realised the SQL schema update files were missing. 4.7.1 corrects this. It also contains a few small...

Authoritative Server 4.7.0

Authoritative Server 4.7.0

This is the release of version 4.7.0 of the Authoritative Server. 4.7.0 brings support for Catalog Zones, developed by Kees Monshouwer. As part of that development, the freshness checks in the Primary code were r...

First release candidate for Authoritative Server 4.7.0

First release candidate for Authoritative Server 4.7.0

This is the first release candidate for Authoritative Server 4.7.0. We hope it will also be the last 😊 4.7.0 brings support for Catalog Zones, developed by Kees Monshouwer. As part of that development, the fresh...

Authoritative Server 4.7.0-beta2

Authoritative Server 4.7.0-beta2

Hello! this is the first Beta release for Authoritative Server 4.7.0, even though it is called beta2. (beta1 was never released because of bugs found during the release process). 4.7.0 brings support for Catalog ...

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.6.3

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.6.3

Hello! Today we published release 4.6.3 of the Authoritative Server. It contains two bug fixes, and marks the arrival of Ubuntu Jammy packages for the 4.6 branch. Please find a full list in the changelog. Please ...

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.6.2

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.6.2

Hello! Today we published release 4.6.2 of the Authoritative Server. It contains a carefully selected set of new features, plus a few bug fixes. Please find a full list in the changelog. Please make sure to read ...

FALCON-512 in PowerDNS

FALCON-512 in PowerDNS

We are proud to introduce the first guest post on our blog! A team of researchers (listed below) has chosen PowerDNS as the basis for an implementation of post-quantum DNSSEC signing with the FALCON-512 algorithm...

Authoritative Server 4.7.0-alpha1

Authoritative Server 4.7.0-alpha1

Hello! this is the first Alpha release for Authoritative Server 4.7.0. It brings a couple of new features into the hands of our users early. New features: lmdbbackend databases now get a UUID assigned, making it ...

Moving CentOS 8 builds to Oracle Linux 8

Moving CentOS 8 builds to Oracle Linux 8

As you might be aware, CentOS 8 has reached End of Life on December 31st 2021. Furthermore, yesterday, CentOS 8 actually disappeared from the distribution mirrors. While we had made plans for this, we failed to e...