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PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.14 and 5.4.9 Released
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.14 and 5.4.9. These are maintenance releases that fix a single bug:
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-12 for PowerDNS Recursor
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.12 and 5.4.8. These releases provide fixes for PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-12 for PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple issues There are several CVEs associated with this ad...
PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.3 and 2.0.11 Released
Today we released DNSdist 2.1.3 and 2.0.11, fixing several issues. The notable one fixes an issue where incoming DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS connections could have been wrongly terminated early, when the Open...
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...