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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.0

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.0

This is release 4.9.0 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 list of...

Improving DNSdist performance with AF_XDP

Improving DNSdist performance with AF_XDP

This is the second in a series of three blog posts we are publishing about recent innovative developments with respect to our DNS proxy and load balancer PowerDNS DNSdist. The previous blog post explained the ove...

PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.1

PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.1

We released PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.1 today. This version brings no functional changes, and only bumps the version of the Quiche library we use, to incorporate a recent security update, fixing CVE-2024-1410 and CVE-...

PowerDNS Recursor: Extended DNS Errors Help You Troubleshooting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...