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First Alpha Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0
Otto Moerbeek on Jan 15, 2021
Hello!, We are proud to announce the first alpha release of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0. This release contains various bug fixes, improvements and new features. The upcoming 4.5.0 release features ...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.4.0
Peter van Dijk on Dec 18, 2020
Hello! We are proud to announce version 4.4.0 of the Authoritative Server. This release drops GSS/TSIG support, please see PowerDNS Security Advisory 2020-06. As of now, versions 4.1.x and older are End Of Life. ...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.2 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Dec 14, 2020
Hello! Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.2. This release fixes a bug where the wrong type could be used while verifying DNSSEC signatures, causing domains to be incorrectly marked as Bogus. Additionall...
First Release Candidate for Authoritative 4.4.0
Peter van Dijk on Dec 07, 2020
Hello! This is the first Release Candidate for version 4.4.0 of the Authoritative Server. If no trouble surfaces, we will release the actual 4.4.0 within a few weeks. This release drops GSS/TSIG support, please s...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.1 and 4.3.6 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Nov 25, 2020
Hello!, Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.1 and 4.3.6. These releases fix a bug where a reply from an authoritative server could get lost, causing timeouts or ServFail answers to clients. Additionally,...
Authoritative 4.4.0-beta1
Peter van Dijk on Nov 23, 2020
Hello! we are very happy to announce version 4.4.0-beta1 of the Authoritative Server. This release drops GSS/TSIG support, please see PowerDNS Security Advisory 2020-06. Version 4.4.0 brings a bunch of exciting c...
Authoritative 4.4.0-alpha3
Peter van Dijk on Nov 05, 2020
Hello! we are very happy to announce version 4.4.0-alpha3 of the Authoritative Server. (A painful bug in the LMDB backend was found just as we started the Alpha 2 release process, so we decided to skip right on t...
Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0
Otto Moerbeek on Oct 19, 2020
Hello! We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0. Compared to the last release candidate, this release contains a fix for the cache pollution issue described in security advisory 2020-07. Pl...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.5, 4.2.5 and 4.1.18 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Oct 13, 2020
Hello!, Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.5, 4.2.5. and 4.1.18, containing a security fix for CVE-2020-25829: An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor where a remote attacker can cause the cached r...
Second Release Candidate of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0
Otto Moerbeek on Oct 06, 2020
Hello! We are proud to announce the second release candidate of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0. Compared to the first release candidate, this release contains a few enhancements and fixes a few bugs. ...