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Structured Logging in PowerDNS Recursor

Structured Logging in PowerDNS Recursor

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

First Alpha Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0

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

PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.11, 4.6.4 and 4.7.3 Released

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

Sharing data between threads in PowerDNS Recursor

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, 4.6.2, 4.7.1

Security Advisory 2022-02 for PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 4.5.9, ...

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

PowerDNS Recursor 4.7.1 Released

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

PowerDNS Recursor 4.7.0 Released

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 ...

First Release Candidate of PowerDNS Recursor 4.7.0

First Release Candidate of PowerDNS Recursor 4.7.0

We are proud to announce the first release candidate of PowerDNS Recursor 4.7.0. Testing of this release candidate is much appreciated! The most important change compared to the 4.7.0-beta1 release is a fix for t...

Refreshing Of Almost Expired Records: Keeping The Cache Hot

Refreshing Of Almost Expired Records: Keeping The Cache Hot

We’re planning to do a series of posts to highlight some of the features we have been working in recent releases or the Recursor. We also plan to discuss some C++ programming techniques we used in the Recursor th...

First Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.7.0

First Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.7.0

We are proud to announce the first beta 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...