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PowerDNS Recursor: ZONEMD, the missing validation
Otto Moerbeek on Nov 15, 2022
This is the fifth part of a series of blog posts we are publishing, mostly around recent developments with respect to PowerDNS Recursor. The first blog post was Refreshing Of Almost Expired Records: Keeping The C...

Second Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0
Otto Moerbeek on Nov 07, 2022
We are proud to announce the second beta release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0. Compared to the previous major (4.7) release of PowerDNS Recursor, this release contains the following major changes: Structured Loggin...

First Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0
Otto Moerbeek on Oct 05, 2022
We are proud to announce the first beta release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0. Compared to the previous major (4.7) release of PowerDNS Recursor, this release contains the following major changes: Structured Logging...

Structured Logging in PowerDNS Recursor
Otto Moerbeek on Oct 03, 2022
This is the fourth part of a series of blog posts we are publishing, mostly around recent developments with respect to PowerDNS Recursor. The first blog post was Refreshing Of Almost Expired Records: Keeping The ...

First Alpha Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0
Otto Moerbeek on Sep 23, 2022
We are proud to announce the first alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0. Compared to the previous major (4.7) release of PowerDNS Recursor, this release contains the following major changes: Structured Loggin...

PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.11, 4.6.4 and 4.7.3 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Sep 20, 2022
Hello, Today we have released a maintenance release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.11, 4.6.4 and 4.7.3, containing fixes for a few minor issues and performance enhancements in the case Recursor is confronted with conne...

Sharing data between threads in PowerDNS Recursor
Otto Moerbeek on Aug 29, 2022
This is the third part of a series of blog posts we are publishing, mostly around recent developments with respect to PowerDNS Recursor. The first blog post was Refreshing Of Almost Expired Records: Keeping The C...

Security Advisory 2022-02 for PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 4.5.9, ...
Otto Moerbeek on Aug 23, 2022
Hello, Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.10, 4.6.3 and 4.7.2 due to a medium severity issue found. The security advisory only applies to Recursors running with protobuf logging enabled. Please find the...

PowerDNS Recursor 4.7.1 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Jul 08, 2022
We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.7.1. This release is a maintenance releases correcting an issue where asynchronous tasks would not be executed promptly. It also allows the generic reco...

PowerDNS Recursor 4.7.0 Released
Otto Moerbeek on May 30, 2022
We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.7.0. Compared to the previous major (4.6) release of PowerDNS Recursor, this release contains the following major changes: A configurable way of adding ...