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One of the\u00a0useful features<\/span>\u00a0that we offer with cPanel & WHM is the ability to\u00a0run your own DNS server<\/a>\u00a0. The nameserver features<\/span>\u00a0we have provided in the past have included\u00a0PowerDNS<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>MyDNS<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0BIND<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>NSD<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0With the release of cPanel & WHM Version 78,<\/span>\u00a0we are\u00a0deprecating\u00a0NSD\u00a0and\u00a0MyDNS<\/a><\/span>. New installations of cPanel & WHM version 78 will not allow you to select the\u00a0NSD or MyDNS nameservers<\/span>. Our long-term goal is to remove\u00a0these options from the product in version 88.<\/span>\u00a0The plan moving forward is to dedicate time and resources to improving the back-end of PowerDNS, making it more reliable and robust for you and your customer’s DNS needs. Let’s talk about what PowerDNS is and the added benefits it provides.<\/p>\n

PowerDNS<\/h3>\n

PowerDNS (sometimes referred to as\u00a0pdns<\/em>)\u00a0is open-source DNS software that offers high performance with very low memory requirements. cPanel’s implementation of PowerDNS reads DNS data from the\u00a0BIND<\/a>\u00a0files and stores\u00a0DNSSEC<\/a>\u00a0(Domain Name System Security Extension)\u00a0data in an SQLite database. This makes our implementation of PowerDNS compatible with\u00a0most<\/span>\u00a0of cPanel’s DNS management tools. PowerDNS also allows you to use DNSSEC with your domain’s DNS records, adding a layer of security to your domain’s DNS records by using digital signatures and cryptographic keys to validate the DNS responses’ authenticity. These signatures help protect clients from attacks such as\u00a0spoofing<\/a>\u00a0or a\u00a0Man in the Middle<\/a>\u00a0attack.<\/p>\n

Why Move From MyDNS and NSD?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Aside from the aforementioned benefits of using PowerDNS, the short answer is that the software for MyDNS has not been updated since 2015. With outdated software comes the prospects of malware infection, compromises, and other issues that could result in a security breach of some sort.\u00a0By narrowing<\/span>\u00a0the number of options available to serve DNS within cPanel & WHM,\u00a0we can focus our attention on improving features and testing for the remaining options.<\/p>\n

One of<\/span>\u00a0the more popular asks for improving PowerDNS is to add MySQL support for the PowerDNS backend. If this feature is one that you would like to take advantage of, please navigate to the\u00a0Feature Request<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0vote on this use-case, or submit your own!<\/span><\/p>\n

Ready to make the switch?<\/h3>\n

Moving to PowerDNS is incredibly easy. All you have to do is Navigate in WHM to the ‘Nameserver Selection’ interface, and adjust the server selection to PowerDNS. Our software handles the migration for you!<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

If you have any questions<\/span>\u00a0or concerns about PowerDNS or the deprecation of MyDNS and\u00a0NSD<\/span>\u00a0or want to discuss this topic further, please join us on the\u00a0cPanel Forums<\/a>, on our official\u00a0Slack<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Discord<\/a>\u00a0channels, or the Official\u00a0cPanel Subreddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the\u00a0useful features\u00a0that we offer with cPanel & WHM is the ability to\u00a0run your own DNS server\u00a0. The nameserver features\u00a0we have provided in the past have included\u00a0PowerDNS,\u00a0MyDNS,\u00a0BIND,\u00a0and\u00a0NSD.\u00a0With the release of cPanel & WHM Version 78,\u00a0we are\u00a0deprecating\u00a0NSD\u00a0and\u00a0MyDNS. New installations of cPanel & WHM version 78 will not allow you to select the\u00a0NSD or MyDNS nameservers. 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