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PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.7 and 4.5.7 Released

Otto Moerbeek on Nov 05, 2021

We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.7. and 4.5.7. Both releases are maintenance releases correcting an issue where a DS record with a SHA-256 digest could be ignored if a DS record with ...

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Second alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.6.0

Otto Moerbeek on Oct 25, 2021

We are proud to announce the second alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.6.0. Compared to the previous major (4.5) release of PowerDNS Recursor, this release contains several sets of changes: A rewrite of the out...

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PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.6 Released

Otto Moerbeek on Oct 11, 2021

We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.6. This release contains fixes to the way RPZ updates are handled and a fix to a case where traffic to a forwarder could be throttled while it should ...

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PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.6 Released

Otto Moerbeek on Oct 08, 2021

We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.6. This release contains fixes to the way RPZ updates are handled and a fix to a case where traffic to a forwarder could be throttled while it should ...

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Check your DNS for 5G deficits

Neil Cook on Oct 06, 2021

5G networks are installed in large numbers worldwide and the number of 5G subscribers is continuously increasing. These users benefit from the availability of 5G by being able to take full advantage of IoT device...

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First Alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.6.0

Otto Moerbeek on Sep 29, 2021

We are proud to announce the first alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.6.0. Compared to the previous major (4.5) release of PowerDNS Recursor, this release contains two major sets of changes: a rewrite of the ou...

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PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.5 and 4.5.5 Released

Otto Moerbeek on Jul 30, 2021

We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.5. and 4.5.5. Both releases contain an improvement to work around broken authoritative servers sending replies without the “authoritative answer” (AA)...

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PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.4 Released

Otto Moerbeek on Jul 02, 2021

We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.4. This release contains a fix to an issue where the answer to a non-existent DS query was missing a SOA record. In particular this can be a problem i...

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Building trust in European DNS resolvers

Vittorio Bertola on Jun 29, 2021

Open-Xchange recently announced its support for the European Resolver Policy, an industry initiative to provide more transparency and reliability around the operation of DNS resolvers in Europe.

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PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.4 and 4.5.2 Released

Otto Moerbeek on Jun 09, 2021

We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.4. and 4.5.2. Both releases contain mostly smaller bug fixes. For the 4.5.2 release the default value of nsec3-max-iterations has been lowered to 150,...

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