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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.2

Peter van Dijk on Nov 10, 2021

Hello! Today we published release 4.5.2 of the Authoritative Server. It contains several robustness fixes for the bindbackend, and for SOA handling. These fixes are especially important for zone cache users. Plea...

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First Alpha Release for Authoritative Server 4.6.0

Peter van Dijk on Oct 07, 2021

Hello! Today we released the first Alpha version for Authoritative Server version 4.6.0. Version 4.6.0 mostly brings small improvements and fixes, but there are two notable new features: support for incoming PROX...

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security advisory 2021-01 for PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0

Peter van Dijk on Jul 26, 2021

Hello, today we have released PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.1, fixing a remotely triggered crash present in version 4.5.0. No other versions are affected. Tarballs and signatures are available at https://down...

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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0

Peter van Dijk on Jul 13, 2021

Hello! PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0 was released today. Version 4.5.0 mostly brings small improvements and fixes, but there are two notable new features: The ‘zone cache’, which allows PowerDNS to keep a l...

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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0-RC2

Peter van Dijk on Jul 06, 2021

Hello! Today we released the second, and hopefully last, Release Candidate for Authoritative Server version 4.5.0. Please try it! Version 4.5.0 mostly brings small improvements and fixes, but there are two notabl...

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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0-RC1

Peter van Dijk on Jun 25, 2021

Hello! Today we released the first Release Candidate for Authoritative Server version 4.5.0. Please try it! Version 4.5.0 mostly brings small improvements and fixes, but there is one notable new feature: the zone...

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PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0-beta1

Peter van Dijk on Jun 09, 2021

Hello! Today we released the first Beta version for Authoritative Server version 4.5.0. Version 4.5.0 mostly brings small improvements and fixes, but there is one notable new feature: the zone cache. The zone cac...

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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 Authoritative Server 4.5.0-alpha1

Peter van Dijk on May 27, 2021

Hello! Today we released the first Alpha version for Authoritative Server version 4.5.0. Version 4.5.0 mostly brings small improvements and fixes, but there is one notable new feature: the zone cache. The zone ca...

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Upcoming package removals

Pieter Lexis on Mar 26, 2021

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...

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