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PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.7 and 4.5.7 Released
We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.7. and 4.5.7. Both releases are maintenance releases correcting an issue where a DS record with a SHA-256 digest could be ignored if a DS record with ...
Second alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.6.0
We are proud to announce the second alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.6.0. Compared to the previous major (4.5) release of PowerDNS Recursor, this release contains several sets of changes: A rewrite of the out...
Second alpha release of dnsdist 1.7.0
Hello! We are happy to announce the second alpha release of dnsdist 1.7.0! We spent quite some time since alpha1 reproducing an issue reported by Stéphane Bortzmeyer in our new outgoing DNS over TLS feature. The ...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.6 Released
We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.6. This release contains fixes to the way RPZ updates are handled and a fix to a case where traffic to a forwarder could be throttled while it should ...
Managing the Facebook outage with DNSdist
Earlier this week, the world was thrown into turmoil by a six-hour outage of Facebook and its associated platforms, WhatsApp and Instagram.
PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.6 Released
We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.6. This release contains fixes to the way RPZ updates are handled and a fix to a case where traffic to a forwarder could be throttled while it should ...
First Alpha Release for Authoritative Server 4.6.0
Hello! Today we released the first Alpha version for Authoritative Server version 4.6.0. Version 4.6.0 mostly brings small improvements and fixes, but there are two notable new features: support for incoming PROX...
Check your DNS for 5G deficits
5G networks are installed in large numbers worldwide and the number of 5G subscribers is continuously increasing. These users benefit from the availability of 5G by being able to take full advantage of IoT device...
First Alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.6.0
We are proud to announce the first alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.6.0. Compared to the previous major (4.5) release of PowerDNS Recursor, this release contains two major sets of changes: a rewrite of the ou...
First alpha release of dnsdist 1.7.0
Hello! We are proud to announce the first alpha release of dnsdist 1.7.0. This release contains several new exciting features, as well as improvements and bug fixes. In our view, the most exciting new feature is ...