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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0-RC1

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0-RC1

Hello! Today we released the first Release Candidate for Authoritative Server version 4.5.0. Please try it! Version 4.5.0 mostly brings small improvements and fixes, but there is one notable new feature: the zone...

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0-beta1

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0-beta1

Hello! Today we released the first Beta version for Authoritative Server version 4.5.0. Version 4.5.0 mostly brings small improvements and fixes, but there is one notable new feature: the zone cache. The zone cac...

PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.4 and 4.5.2 Released

PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.4 and 4.5.2 Released

We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.4. and 4.5.2. Both releases contain mostly smaller bug fixes. For the 4.5.2 release the default value of nsec3-max-iterations has been lowered to 150,...

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0-alpha1

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0-alpha1

Hello! Today we released the first Alpha version for Authoritative Server version 4.5.0. Version 4.5.0 mostly brings small improvements and fixes, but there is one notable new feature: the zone cache. The zone ca...

PowerDNS releases DNSdist 1.6.0

PowerDNS releases DNSdist 1.6.0

PowerDNS is pleased to announce the release of DNSdist 1.6.0, the latest version of its state-of-the-art DNS-aware load balancer, which protects, balances and filters internet users’ DNS traffic in front of Power...

dnsdist 1.6.0 released

dnsdist 1.6.0 released

Hello! We are proud to announce the final release of dnsdist 1.6.0, with no changes since the second release candidate. Compared to 1.5.x, this release contains several new exciting features, as well as improveme...

PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.1 Released

PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.1 Released

We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.1. Compared to the release candidate, this release contains two bug fixes. Note that 4.5.0 was never released publicly, since an issue was found durin...

dnsdist 1.5.2 released

dnsdist 1.5.2 released

Hello! We are happy to release dnsdist 1.5.2 today, a maintenance release fixing a few bugs reported since 1.5.1: A typo in prometheus metrics dnsdist_frontend_tlshandshakefailures #9728 (AppliedPrivacy) A hang w...

First release candidate for dnsdist 1.6.0

First release candidate for dnsdist 1.6.0

Hi everyone, We are happy to announce the first release candidate of what should become dnsdist 1.6.0. This release contains very few changes since the third alpha: Add missing getEDNSOptions and getDO bindings f...

Second Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0

Second Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0

Hello!, We are proud to announce the second beta release of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0. Compared to the first beta release, this release contains a few bug fixes and improvements, in particular a ...