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Improving authoritative DNS with the official release of Foundation DNS

Apr 12, 2024Hannes Gerhart, Chris Ward
Improving authoritative DNS with the official release of Foundation DNS
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This post announces the official release of Foundation DNS, an enhanced authoritative DNS offering for enterprise customers. Key technical contributions include the introduction of advanced nameservers that leverage multiple TLDs and a single Anycast group per TLD to provide three IP addresses that resolve to the same physical location, improving resilience. It also details new zone-level DNS settings, unique DNSSEC keys per account and zone, GraphQL-based DNS analytics, and a new release process for enhanced stability.

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