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PowerDNS Recursor: Extended DNS Errors Help You Troubleshooting
This is the seventh episode of a series of blog posts we are publishing, mostly around recent developments with respect to PowerDNS Recursor. The previous blog post is: ZONEMD, the missing validation.
PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.7, 4.9.4 and 5.0.3 Released
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.7, 4.9.4 and 5.0.3. These releases are maintenance releases that fix a few bugs. The most important ones are:
PowerDNS’ progress in DNS encryption
Like many other internet protocols, DNS started life as an unencrypted protocol. With the increasing recognition of internet users’ right to more privacy and security, the IETF started to introduce encryption to ...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.0-beta2
This is release 4.9.0-beta2 (beta1 was not released, due to a tagging mistake) of the Authoritative Server. It brings a few new features, and a collection of small improvements and fixes. Some internals have been...
PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.0 released
We are very happy to release PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.0 today! This new version brings a fair number of new features since 1.8.3: - DNS over QUIC - DNS over HTTP3 - AF_XDP support - the ability to set Extended DNS Er...
PowerDNS Recursor Security Advisory 2024-01
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.6, 4.9.3 and 5.0.2. These releases fix PowerDNS Security Advisory 2024-01: crafted DNSSEC records in a zone can lead to a denial of service in Recursor.
First release candidate of PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.0
We are excited to release the first release candidate of what will become PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.0! The latest addition to DNSdist is AF_XDP support. AF_XDP is a Linux feature optimized for high performance packet ...
PowerDNS supports the launch of 1&1’s 5G network
At the end of last year, 1&1 announced the availability of its 5G network for mobile internet subscribers in Germany – this made 1&1 the fourth network provider in Germany, alongside Deutsche Telekom, Vod...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.0-alpha1
This is release 4.9.0-alpha1 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 ...
PowerDNS Recursor 5.0.1 Released
We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.0.1! This is the first public release of the 5.0 branch. Compared to the latest 4.9 release, this release features the ability to read settings from YAM...