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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:
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...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0.0
It’s finally here! Today, we are delighted to release PowerDNS Authoritative Server version 5.0.0. As you may remember from the previous test releases announcements, the main new feature of this release is the bi...
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...