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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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DNS cache snooping attack

Remi Gacogne on Jun 01, 2021

We have been getting questions about “DNS Server Cache Snooping Remote Information Disclosure” attacks lately, mostly coming from reports generated by one very popular security scanner: DNS Server Cache Snooping ...

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PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.1 Released

Otto Moerbeek on May 11, 2021

We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.1. Compared to the release candidate, this release contains two bug fixes. Note that 4.5.0 was never released publicly, since an issue was found durin...

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TsuNAME vulnerability and PowerDNS Recursor

Otto Moerbeek on May 10, 2021

Recently, the TsuNAME vulnerability was published. It concerns DNS recursors endlessly querying authoritative nameservers if the nameservers listed in the domains form a loop. The researchers contacted us before ...

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