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PowerDNS Recursor 5.1.0-alpha1 Released

Otto Moerbeek on May 15, 2024

We are proud to announce the first alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.1.0!

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PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.9, 4.9.6 and 5.0.5 Released

Otto Moerbeek on May 14, 2024

Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.9, 4.9.6 and 5.0.5. These releases are maintenance releases that fix a few bugs. The most important ones are:

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PowerDNS Recursor Security Advisory 2024-02

Otto Moerbeek on Apr 24, 2024

Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.8, 4.9.5 and 5.0.4. These releases fix PowerDNS Security Advisory 2024-02: if recursive forwarding is configured, crafted responses can lead to a denial of service in ...

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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.0

Peter van Dijk on Mar 15, 2024

This is release 4.9.0 of the Authoritative Server. It brings a few new features, and a collection of small improvements and fixes. Some internals have been reworked to support the new features. A detailed list of...

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PowerDNS Recursor: Extended DNS Errors Help You Troubleshooting

Otto Moerbeek on Mar 12, 2024

This is the seventh episode of a series of blog posts we are publishing, mostly around recent developments with respect to PowerDNS Recursor. The previous blog post is: ZONEMD, the missing validation.

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PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.7, 4.9.4 and 5.0.3 Released

Otto Moerbeek on Mar 07, 2024

Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.7, 4.9.4 and 5.0.3. These releases are maintenance releases that fix a few bugs. The most important ones are:

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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.0-beta2

Peter van Dijk on Feb 16, 2024

This is release 4.9.0-beta2 (beta1 was not released, due to a tagging mistake) of the Authoritative Server. It brings a few new features, and a collection of small improvements and fixes. Some internals have been...

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PowerDNS Recursor Security Advisory 2024-01

Otto Moerbeek on Feb 13, 2024

Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.6, 4.9.3 and 5.0.2. These releases fix PowerDNS Security Advisory 2024-01: crafted DNSSEC records in a zone can lead to a denial of service in Recursor.

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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.0-alpha1

Peter van Dijk on Jan 12, 2024

This is release 4.9.0-alpha1 of the Authoritative Server. It brings a few new features, and a collection of small improvements and fixes. Some internals have been reworked to support the new features. A detailed ...

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PowerDNS Recursor 5.0.1 Released

Otto Moerbeek on Jan 10, 2024

We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.0.1! This is the first public release of the 5.0 branch. Compared to the latest 4.9 release, this release features the ability to read settings from YAM...

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