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PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.14 and 2.0.5 Released
Today we again released two new versions of DNSdist, 1.9.14 and 2.0.5, fixing one regression introduced in 1.9.13 and 2.0.4, and several small issues that were not included in yesterday's security releases. The r...
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-04 for PowerDNS DNSdist
Today we released two new versions of DNSdist, 1.9.13 and 2.0.4, fixing several security issues that have been reported to us. These security issues are medium to high severity, and we recommend upgrading quickly...
PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.12 and 2.0.3 Released (Security Release)
Today we released two new versions of DNSdist, 1.9.12 and 2.0.3, fixing several security issues that have been reported to us. These security issues are low-severity or involve unusual configurations. The issues ...
PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0-beta2 Released
Today we released the second beta version of what will become PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0. This new version brings a single fix since the first beta: the newly introduced Dynamic Block AllowedRCodeRatio could only be ...
PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0-beta1 Released
Today we released the first beta version of what will become PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0. This new version brings new features and improvements since the first alpha: OpenTelemetry: add flags field in TRACEPARENT EDNS...
PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0-alpha1 Released
Today we released the first alpha version of what will become PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0. This new version brings many new features: OpenTelemetry tracing support has been added Structured logging has been added A an...
PowerDNS DNSdist 2.0.2 Released
We released PowerDNS DNSdist 2.0.2 today, fixing several issues: the wrong reply address was used when using DNS over QUIC or DNS over HTTP/3 on FreeBSD query rules were not processed after setting a tag from a d...
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2025-05 for DNSdist: Denial of service via craft...
Today we have released PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.11 and 2.0.1. These releases fix PowerDNS Security Advisory 2025-05 for DNSdist, a denial of service via crafted DoH exchange. While working on adding mitigations again...
The all-rounder DNSdist 2.0 is here
DNSdist is a powerful and versatile tool designed for a wide range of use cases. This is likely why DNSdist optimizes DNS traffic for hundreds of millions of internet users every day. Today, we are excited to ann...
Second release candidate of PowerDNS DNSdist 2.0.0
Today we published the second release candidate of what will become PowerDNS DNSdist 2.0.0.