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Second release candidate for dnsdist 1.5.0

Second release candidate for dnsdist 1.5.0

We are very happy to announce the second release candidate of dnsdist 1.5.0. 1.5.0 contains several new exciting features and a few breaking changes since 1.4.0 that were detailed in the announcement of alpha1. I...

Open-Xchange awarded grant to further develop privacy and trust enhancing technologies

Open-Xchange awarded grant to further develop privacy and trust enhancing t...

Open-Xchange is committed to a borderless internet that is open, safe and free, allowing users to protect their data and privacy. To achieve this, we develop tried and trusted, open source-based products that can...

First Alpha Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0

First Alpha Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0

Hello! We are proud to announce the first alpha release of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0. This release contains various bug fixes, improvements and new features. The most important new features are N...

First release candidate for dnsdist 1.5.0

First release candidate for dnsdist 1.5.0

We are very happy to announce the first release candidate of dnsdist 1.5.0. 1.5.0 contains several new exciting features and a few breaking changes since 1.4.0 that were detailed in the announcement of alpha1. If...

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.2.2 Released

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.2.2 Released

This release fixes issues in the IXFR receive code, improves cache management, and corrects a few other small things. If you use IXFR, please read the upgrade notes carefully. Please see the changelog for more de...

PowerDNS Authoritative 4.3.0

PowerDNS Authoritative 4.3.0

Hello! We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.3.0. A lot of internals have been reworked, with some visible changes for users. If you read the upgrade notes for a beta or RC, plea...

First alpha release of dnsdist 1.5.0

First alpha release of dnsdist 1.5.0

We are very happy to announce the 1.5.0 alpha 1 release of dnsdist. This version contains several new exciting features detailed below, but also a few breaking changes so please take the time to read the next sec...

BT starts DoH trial with DNSdist

BT starts DoH trial with DNSdist

It is very likely that you heard and read a lot about the importance of DNS encryption in the last few months. Open-Xchange emphasizes the importance of DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and DNS over TLS (DoT), as well as the...

PowerDNS Authoritative 4.3.0 first release candidate

PowerDNS Authoritative 4.3.0 first release candidate

Hello! We are proud to announce the first, and hopefully last, release candidate of what should become PowerDNS Authoritative 4.3.0. So far this is mostly a maintenance release, but there are a few interesting ch...

PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.0 Released

PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.0 Released

Hello! We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.0. Compared to the last release candidate, only two very minor issues were fixed. Compared to the 4.2 release of PowerDNS Recursor, the most im...