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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.1.1 Released
Despite our best efforts, a severe bug escaped our testing while working on the 5.1.0 release. Users of the LMDB backend, when not using the new ``lmdb-split-domain-table'', would fail to update their last notifi...
PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.10, 5.3.7 and 5.4.2 Released
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.10, 5.3.7 and 5.4.2. These releases are maintenance releases that fix a few bugs and have a few improvements. The most important ones are:
PowerDNS DNSdist 2.0.6 Released
Today we released DNSdist 2.0.6, fixing several issues. The notable ones are: the feature that was introduced in 2.0.0 to limit the rate of new TCP or QUIC connections that a given client can open per second has ...
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 Recursor Plexus preserves Recursor performance after restarts
DNS resolvers are designed for continuous operation and typically do not require regular restarts. In real-world environments, however, restarts are sometimes unavoidable. Configuration changes, software updates ...
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...