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PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-11 for PowerDNS Authoritative Server, Recursor and dnsdist

PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-11 for PowerDNS Authoritative Server, Recur...

Today we have released PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.17, 5.0.7, 5.1.4, Recursor 5.2.13, 5.3.10, 5.4.5, and dnsdist 1.9.16, 2.0.8, 2.1.1. These releases provide fixes for PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-11 for...

PowerDNS Recursor Plexus preserves Recursor performance after restarts

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

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

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

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...