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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
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...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.1 and 4.3.6 Released
Hello!, Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.1 and 4.3.6. These releases fix a bug where a reply from an authoritative server could get lost, causing timeouts or ServFail answers to clients. Additionally,...
PowerDNS Recursor and the SAD DNS attack
Short version: the PowerDNS Recursor already implements mitigations to the SAD DNS attack. However, our users will likely be vulnerable to the most complex variant of the attack, which exploits kernel behaviour. ...
Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0
Hello! We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0. Compared to the last release candidate, this release contains a fix for the cache pollution issue described in security advisory 2020-07. Pl...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.5, 4.2.5 and 4.1.18 Released
Hello!, Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.5, 4.2.5. and 4.1.18, containing a security fix for CVE-2020-25829: An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor where a remote attacker can cause the cached r...
Second Release Candidate of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0
Hello! We are proud to announce the second release candidate of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0. Compared to the first release candidate, this release contains a few enhancements and fixes a few bugs. ...
First Release Candidate of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0
Hello! We are proud to announce the first release candidate of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0. Compared to the beta release, this release fixes two bugs: • Only do QName Minimization for the names ins...
PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.4 Released
Hello!, Today we are releasing PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.4. This release: fixes an issue where certain CNAMEs could lead to resolver failure, fixes an issue with the hostname reported in Carbon messages, allows for m...
First Beta Release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0
Hello!, We are proud to announce the first beta release of what should become PowerDNS Recursor 4.4.0. Compared to the last alpha release, this release contains new features with respect to RPZ processing (in par...