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TsuNAME vulnerability and PowerDNS Recursor

TsuNAME vulnerability and PowerDNS Recursor

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 ...

Second Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0

Second Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0

Hello!, We are proud to announce the second beta release of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0. Compared to the first beta release, this release contains a few bug fixes and improvements, in particular a ...

The new face of PowerDNS: GreenDNS

The new face of PowerDNS: GreenDNS

Hello! Today, we of the PowerDNS team are ready to unveil our bold new product strategy: GreenDNS. Admitting the following is quite painful, but to make a better world we must muster the courage to be brutally ho...

PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.3 Released

PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.3 Released

Hello! Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.3. This release fixes a bug where corrupted Newly Discovered Domain files could crash the recursor on startup and a bug where the wrong TTL could be used when i...

Upcoming package removals

Upcoming package removals

As you may know, PowerDNS hosts RPM and Debian packages in our package repositories. Packages are available in binary form as RPM and Debian packages for various distributions. Some of these distributions are com...

First Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0

First Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0

Hello!, We are proud to announce the first beta release of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0. This release contains various bug fixes, improvements and new features. This first beta contains a rewrite of...

PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.7 Released

PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.7 Released

Hello! Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.7. This release fixes a bug where the wrong TTL could be used when inserting records into the packet cache. Additionally, the recursor no longer resolves unneed...

Third Alpha Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0

Third Alpha Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0

Hello!, We are proud to announce the third alpha release of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0. This release contains various bug fixes, improvements and new features. The seond alpha was an internal rele...

First Alpha Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0

First Alpha Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0

Hello!, We are proud to announce the first alpha release of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.5.0. This release contains various bug fixes, improvements and new features. The upcoming 4.5.0 release features ...

PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.2 Released

PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.2 Released

Hello! Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.2. This release fixes a bug where the wrong type could be used while verifying DNSSEC signatures, causing domains to be incorrectly marked as Bogus. Additionall...