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Enabling continuous fuzzing of PowerDNS products
We are very happy to announce that PowerDNS recently joined the OSS-Fuzz initiative, enabling continuous fuzzing for critical parts of our products. We are taking this opportunity to share some of our existing se...
Important Changes in PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.2.0
Hello PowerDNS user, as the year draws to an end, we are preparing for the release of a new version of the Authoritative Server (and the Recursor – stay tuned for more news in that area). This release (4.2.0) wil...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.8 Released
We’ve released PowerDNS Recursor 4.1.8. This release fixes Security Advisory 2018-09 that we recently discovered, affecting PowerDNS Recursor from 4.1.0 up to and including 4.1.7. PowerDNS Recursor 4.0.x and belo...
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 ...