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PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.4 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Jul 02, 2021
We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.4. This release contains a fix to an issue where the answer to a non-existent DS query was missing a SOA record. In particular this can be a problem i...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.4 and 4.5.2 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Jun 09, 2021
We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.4. and 4.5.2. Both releases contain mostly smaller bug fixes. For the 4.5.2 release the default value of nsec3-max-iterations has been lowered to 150,...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.1 Released
Otto Moerbeek on May 11, 2021
We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.1. Compared to the release candidate, this release contains two bug fixes. Note that 4.5.0 was never released publicly, since an issue was found durin...
TsuNAME vulnerability and PowerDNS Recursor
Otto Moerbeek on May 10, 2021
Recently, the TsuNAME vulnerability was published. It concerns DNS recursors endlessly querying authoritative nameservers if the nameservers listed in the domains form a loop. The researchers contacted us before ...
First Release Candidate of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0
Otto Moerbeek on Apr 28, 2021
Hello!, We are proud to announce the first release candidate of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0. Compared to the last beta release, this release contains a few minor bug fixes and improvements. Compare...
Second Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0
Otto Moerbeek on Apr 14, 2021
Hello!, We are proud to announce the second beta release of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0. Compared to the first beta release, this release contains a few bug fixes and improvements, in particular a ...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.3 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Mar 31, 2021
Hello! Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.3. This release fixes a bug where corrupted Newly Discovered Domain files could crash the recursor on startup and a bug where the wrong TTL could be used when i...
First Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0
Otto Moerbeek on Mar 26, 2021
Hello!, We are proud to announce the first beta release of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0. This release contains various bug fixes, improvements and new features. This first beta contains a rewrite of...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.7 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Mar 22, 2021
Hello! Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.7. This release fixes a bug where the wrong TTL could be used when inserting records into the packet cache. Additionally, the recursor no longer resolves unneed...
Third Alpha Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0
Otto Moerbeek on Mar 09, 2021
Hello!, We are proud to announce the third alpha release of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0. This release contains various bug fixes, improvements and new features. The seond alpha was an internal rele...