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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0-beta1
Hello! Today we released the first Beta version for Authoritative Server version 4.5.0. Version 4.5.0 mostly brings small improvements and fixes, but there is one notable new feature: the zone cache. The zone cac...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.4 and 4.5.2 Released
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,...
DNS cache snooping attack
We have been getting questions about “DNS Server Cache Snooping Remote Information Disclosure” attacks lately, mostly coming from reports generated by one very popular security scanner: DNS Server Cache Snooping ...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0-alpha1
Hello! Today we released the first Alpha version for Authoritative Server version 4.5.0. Version 4.5.0 mostly brings small improvements and fixes, but there is one notable new feature: the zone cache. The zone ca...
PowerDNS releases DNSdist 1.6.0
PowerDNS is pleased to announce the release of DNSdist 1.6.0, the latest version of its state-of-the-art DNS-aware load balancer, which protects, balances and filters internet users’ DNS traffic in front of Power...
dnsdist 1.6.0 released
Hello! We are proud to announce the final release of dnsdist 1.6.0, with no changes since the second release candidate. Compared to 1.5.x, this release contains several new exciting features, as well as improveme...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.1 Released
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
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 ...
dnsdist 1.5.2 released
Hello! We are happy to release dnsdist 1.5.2 today, a maintenance release fixing a few bugs reported since 1.5.1: A typo in prometheus metrics dnsdist_frontend_tlshandshakefailures #9728 (AppliedPrivacy) A hang w...
Second release candidate for dnsdist 1.6.0
Hi everyone, We are happy to announce the second release candidate of what should become dnsdist 1.6.0. This release contains very few changes since the first release candidate, and thanks to the great feedback w...