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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 Authoritative Server 5.0.1
Today, we are releasing PowerDNS Authoritative Server version 5.0.1. This release contains a few bug fixes and improvements, and one new feature for LMDB backend users.
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2025-06
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.1.8, 5.2.6 and 5.3.1. These releases fix PowerDNS Security Advisory 2025-06: Crafted delegations or IP fragments can poison cached delegations in Recursor:
Simplifying Synchronization with Lightning Stream for Enterprise
After continuous development of Lightning Stream for the PowerDNS community and the release of a Lightning Stream-schema for the PowerDNS Authoritative Server, we are excited to introduce our next product: Lightn...
Introducing simplified security with DNSdist Defender
DNS serves as the essential entry point into the connected, online world for nearly all internet-based activities. While it opens up a wealth of opportunities, it also introduces unique challenges. This is why op...
Cloud-native DNS filtering with Cloud Control 3.0
From very early on, PowerDNS recognized the benefits that a cloud-native DNS deployment provides to our customers. Just to name a few: a future-proof architecture, lowest cost operations, increased scalability, a...