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PowerDNS Recursor 5.1.7 and 5.2.5 Released
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.1.7 and 5.2.5. These releases are maintenance releases that fix a few bugs and have a few improvements. The most important ones are:
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0.0-beta1 Released
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0.0-beta1
PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0-beta1 Released
We are proud to announce the first beta release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0!
The all-rounder DNSdist 2.0 is here
DNSdist is a powerful and versatile tool designed for a wide range of use cases. This is likely why DNSdist optimizes DNS traffic for hundreds of millions of internet users every day. Today, we are excited to ann...
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2025-04
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.0.12, 5.1.6 and 5.2.4. These releases fix PowerDNS Security Advisory 2025-04: A Recursor configured to send out ECS enabled queries can be sensitive to spoofing attempts...
Second release candidate of PowerDNS DNSdist 2.0.0
Today we published the second release candidate of what will become PowerDNS DNSdist 2.0.0.
Simplifying Synchronization with Lightning Stream for Enterprise
After continuous development of Lightning Stream for the PowerDNS community and the release of a Lightning Stream-schema for the PowerDNS Authoritative Server, we are excited to introduce our next product: Lightn...
PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0-alpha2 Released
We are proud to announce the second alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0!
First release candidate of PowerDNS DNSdist 2.0.0
Today we published the first release candidate of what will become PowerDNS DNSdist 2.0.0.
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.7
We couldn't help but notice, over the last few decades, that whenever there is a new PowerDNS software release, this is, by far, the major and most important news item of the day.