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First Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0

First Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0

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

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...

Structured Logging in PowerDNS Recursor

Structured Logging in PowerDNS Recursor

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

First Alpha Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0

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

PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.11, 4.6.4 and 4.7.3 Released

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

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 ...

How PowerDNS has become cloud-native

How PowerDNS has become cloud-native

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

Sharing data between threads in PowerDNS Recursor

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, 4.6.2, 4.7.1

Security Advisory 2022-02 for PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 4.5.9, ...

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

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 ...