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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...
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2025-04
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.0.12, 5.1.6 and 5.2.4. These releases fix PowerDNS Security Advisory 2025-04: A Recursor configured to send out ECS enabled queries can be sensitive to spoofing attempts...
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...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.7
We couldn't help but notice, over the last few decades, that whenever there is a new PowerDNS software release, this is, by far, the major and most important news item of the day.
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.5
Today, we are releasing a new version of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server. This 4.9.5 version carries a few bug fixes, as well as a performance optimization in the LMDB backend which will greatly improve databas...
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...