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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.1

Peter van Dijk on May 28, 2024

This is release 4.9.1 of the Authoritative Server. It contains a collection of small fixes. A detailed list of changes can be found in the changelog.

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PowerDNS at Network X Americas

Russ Broomell on May 24, 2024

The PowerDNS team has just returned from Light Reading’s Network X Americas event in Dallas, Texas. Previously known as Big 5G, Network X Americas brings together representatives from the mobile, fiber and cable ...

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PowerDNS Recursor 5.1.0-alpha1 Released

Otto Moerbeek on May 15, 2024

We are proud to announce the first alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.1.0!

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PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.9, 4.9.6 and 5.0.5 Released

Otto Moerbeek on May 14, 2024

Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.9, 4.9.6 and 5.0.5. These releases are maintenance releases that fix a few bugs. The most important ones are:

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PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.4 released

Remi Gacogne on May 13, 2024

We released PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.4 today. This release fixes CVE-2024-25581, a denial of service security issue affecting versions 1.9.0, 1.9.1, 1.9.2 and 1.9.3 only. Earlier versions are not affected.

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PowerDNS Recursor Security Advisory 2024-02

Otto Moerbeek on Apr 24, 2024

Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.8, 4.9.5 and 5.0.4. These releases fix PowerDNS Security Advisory 2024-02: if recursive forwarding is configured, crafted responses can lead to a denial of service in ...

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PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.3 released

Remi Gacogne on Apr 05, 2024

Less than an hour after the release of PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.2 today, we received reports of DNSdist crashing in some setups. This 1.9.3 release fixes the issue that was introduced in 1.9.2, for now by reverting t...

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PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.2 released

Remi Gacogne on Apr 05, 2024

We released PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.2 today. This release fixes several issues:

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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.0

Peter van Dijk on Mar 15, 2024

This is release 4.9.0 of the Authoritative Server. It brings a few new features, and a collection of small improvements and fixes. Some internals have been reworked to support the new features. A detailed list of...

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Improving DNSdist performance with AF_XDP

Neil Cook on Mar 15, 2024

This is the second in a series of three blog posts we are publishing about recent innovative developments with respect to our DNS proxy and load balancer PowerDNS DNSdist. The previous blog post explained the ove...

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