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Promoting a discussion on DNS-over-HTTPS
In the last few months, we have seen a lot of community discussion around the latest development in the internet’s naming system, a new protocol called DNS-over-HTTPS. The DNS—the mechanism through which you can ...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.7 Released
Today we have released the PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.7. It is an update to relax EDNS compliance requirements from upstream authoritative servers. Recursor version 4.1.5 (and, by extension, 4.1.6), contains a fix for...
dnsdist 1.3.3 released
We are very happy to announce the 1.3.3 release of dnsdist. This release contains a few new features, but is mostly fixing a security issue reported since the release of dnsdist 1.3.2. Security fix While working ...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.6 Released
We have just released the PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.6. This release fixes an issue with DNSSEC validation introduced in Recursor 4.1.5 by reverting a code-change related to the acceptation of ADDITIONAL records. We w...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.0.6 & 4.1.5 and Recursor 4.0.9 & 4....
We’ve released PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.0.6 & 4.1.5 and Recursor 4.0.9 & 4.1.5. These are security releases with additional minor improvements and bug fixes. Minimal patches for the releases are av...
FOSDEM 2019 DNS devroom CfP
Hello DNS enthusiasts and other developers, After a successful and packed half-day DNS devroom at FOSDEM 2018, we are happy to announce a full-day DNS devroom at FOSDEM 2019. As with last year, we hope to host ta...
PowerDNS Protect: what’s in the box?
We have recently launched PowerDNS Protect to help telcos and service providers keep their customers’ homes and families of safe. PowerDNS Protect secures home and mobile networks against malware and Internet of ...
PowerDNS and the ICANN KSK roll
The root KSK rollover is currently planned for 1600 UTC on the 11th of October 2018 – a few days from now. If you are using PowerDNS Recursor for DNSSEC validation, please keep reading! During the KSK rollover, t...
Family and Network Protection with PowerDNS Protect
The onset of the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) is affecting everybody: smart TVs, satellite navigation systems, fitness trackers, and even clocks and fridges are becoming an integral part of our everyday life. New t...
DNS: the solution to online security and control
Internet service providers all aim to provide fast and reliable access. With the growing importance of the Internet and the explosion in the number of connected devices in a household, improving security is becom...