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DNS-OARC Spring Workshop 2015
Bert Hubert on May 11, 2015
This weekend, PowerDNS attended the DNS-OARC Spring Workshop 2015 in force, with 100% attendance. I shamefully have to admit this is the first time I’ve gone to an OARC workshop, but I was well rewarded. Both the...

Important Update for Security Advisory 2015-01
Peter van Dijk on May 01, 2015
Last week, we released Security Advisory 2015-01, with text suggesting that only specific platforms were seriously affected. We must now report that this was incorrect: all platforms are impacted. The advisory ha...

Recursor 3.7.2
Peter van Dijk on Apr 23, 2015
Hi everybody, We’re pleased to announce version 3.7.2 of our Recursor. The most important part of this update is a fix for CVE-2015-1868. Please see http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/ ...

Authoritative Server 3.4.4
Peter van Dijk on Apr 23, 2015
Hi everybody, We’re pleased to announce version 3.4.4 of our Authoritative Server. The most important part of this update is a fix for CVE-2015-1868. Please see http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-adviso...

Security Advisory 2015-01
Peter van Dijk on Apr 23, 2015
UPDATE: please also read the update posted on May 1st. Hi everybody, Please be aware of PowerDNS Security Advisory 2015-01 (http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/). The good news is that a...

Recursor 3.6.3
Peter van Dijk on Apr 23, 2015
Hi everybody, We’re pleased to announce version 3.6.3 of our Recursor. The most important part of this update is a fix for CVE-2015-1868. Please see http://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2015-01/ ...

PowerDNS and Open-Xchange agree to merge
Bert Hubert on Mar 24, 2015
(Peter van Dijk, Bert Hubert, Rafael Laguna, Mikko Linnamäki, Markku Kenttä, Timo Sirainen) Hi everybody, We’re currently at World Hosting Days in Rust Germany, where we just announced that PowerDNS will be joini...

World Hosting Days & Private Graphs as a Service!
Bert Hubert on Mar 17, 2015
Hi everybody, Two announcements in one: First, like 7000 others, we’ll be visiting World Hosting Days in Rust, Germany next week. Peter, Pieter and I will be there, as will be two of our wonderful Certified Consu...

Introducing dnsdist: DNS, abuse- and DoS-aware query distribution for optim...
Bert Hubert on Mar 11, 2015
Over the years, PowerDNS users have frequently asked us about our preferred DNS load balancing solution, and we’ve never had a satisfying answer for that. Users of dedicated hardware often tell us that vendors sp...

Authoritative Server 3.4.3 released
Peter van Dijk on Mar 02, 2015
Warning: Version 3.4.3 of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server is a major upgrade if you are coming from 2.9.x. Additionally, if you are coming from any 3.x version (including 3.3.1), there is a mandatory SQL schema...