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First Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0
Otto Moerbeek on Oct 05, 2022
We are proud to announce the first beta release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0. Compared to the previous major (4.7) release of PowerDNS Recursor, this release contains the following major changes: Structured Logging...
First release candidate for Authoritative Server 4.7.0
Peter van Dijk on Oct 03, 2022
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...
Structured Logging in PowerDNS Recursor
Otto Moerbeek on Oct 03, 2022
This is the fourth part of a series of blog posts we are publishing, mostly around recent developments with respect to PowerDNS Recursor. The first blog post was Refreshing Of Almost Expired Records: Keeping The ...
First Alpha Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0
Otto Moerbeek on Sep 23, 2022
We are proud to announce the first alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0. Compared to the previous major (4.7) release of PowerDNS Recursor, this release contains the following major changes: Structured Loggin...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.11, 4.6.4 and 4.7.3 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Sep 20, 2022
Hello, Today we have released a maintenance release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.11, 4.6.4 and 4.7.3, containing fixes for a few minor issues and performance enhancements in the case Recursor is confronted with conne...
Authoritative Server 4.7.0-beta2
Peter van Dijk on Sep 13, 2022
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 ...
How PowerDNS has become cloud-native
Neil Cook on Sep 09, 2022
PowerDNS has embraced automation in a big way over the last few years; it helps our customers stay competitive by increasing the speed of deployment, boosting operational efficiency, and improving service reliabi...
Sharing data between threads in PowerDNS Recursor
Otto Moerbeek on Aug 29, 2022
This is the third part of a series of blog posts we are publishing, mostly around recent developments with respect to PowerDNS Recursor. The first blog post was Refreshing Of Almost Expired Records: Keeping The C...
Security Advisory 2022-02 for PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 4.5.9, ...
Otto Moerbeek on Aug 23, 2022
Hello, Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.10, 4.6.3 and 4.7.2 due to a medium severity issue found. The security advisory only applies to Recursors running with protobuf logging enabled. Please find the...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.6.3
Peter van Dijk on Jul 13, 2022
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 ...