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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0-alpha1
Peter van Dijk on May 27, 2021
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
Alexander ter Haar on May 21, 2021
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
Remi Gacogne on May 11, 2021
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
Otto Moerbeek on May 11, 2021
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
Remi Gacogne on May 10, 2021
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
Remi Gacogne on Apr 20, 2021
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
Otto Moerbeek on Apr 14, 2021
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 ...

PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.3 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Mar 31, 2021
Hello! Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.3. This release fixes a bug where corrupted Newly Discovered Domain files could crash the recursor on startup and a bug where the wrong TTL could be used when i...

Third Alpha Release of DNSDist 1.6.0
Remi Gacogne on Mar 29, 2021
Hi everyone, We are happy to announce the third alpha release of dnsdist 1.6.0. This release contains a few fixes for issues reported in the second alpha: DNS over HTTPS queries with a non-zero ID were not proper...

First Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0
Otto Moerbeek on Mar 26, 2021
Hello!, We are proud to announce the first beta release of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0. This release contains various bug fixes, improvements and new features. This first beta contains a rewrite of...