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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...

PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.7 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Mar 22, 2021
Hello! Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.7. This release fixes a bug where the wrong TTL could be used when inserting records into the packet cache. Additionally, the recursor no longer resolves unneed...

Authoritative Server 4.3.2
Peter van Dijk on Mar 11, 2021
Hello, We are happy to announce version 4.3.2 of the Authoritative Server. This release fixes latency calculations to match the approach used in 4.4.0, to make comparisons between 4.3 and 4.4 more useful. It also...

Third Alpha Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0
Otto Moerbeek on Mar 09, 2021
Hello!, We are proud to announce the third alpha release of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0. This release contains various bug fixes, improvements and new features. The seond alpha was an internal rele...

Second Alpha Release of DNSDist 1.6.0
Remi Gacogne on Mar 04, 2021
Hi everyone, We are happy to announce the second alpha release of dnsdist 1.6.0. This release contains mostly fixes for issues reported in the first release candidate: A race condition was found to sometimes occu...