Cascade 0.1.0-beta1 ‘Slàinte mhath' released

We are pleased to announce Cascade beta 1 “Slàinte mhath”.

This is the first in a series of releases where we add improvements that we still have in the pipeline which we consider essential for production use. It will also give us an opportunity to take your feedback on board.

Cascade is a purpose-built, standalone DNSSEC signer, shaped by the real-world demands of TLD operators. Written from the ground up in Rust for safety, stability and speed, Cascade will be the next generation DNSSEC signing solution. For 15 years OpenDNSSEC served the DNSSEC community as a trusted DNSSEC signer. With the end-of-life announcement of OpenDNSSEC the future begins here with Cascade, a DNSSEC signer updated for a new era of DNSSEC signing.

As a beta release please do not use this in production. Our goal with this release is to enable operators to try out Cascade and to gather feedback.

We are offering packages for installation on major operating systems and documentation to guide you. Cascade is capable of signing to match your workflow including automatic or manual key rollovers, built-in approval gates that let you run your own scripts to prevent a bad zone escaping into the wild, and with support for both on-disk and HSM signing keys.

And of course as with all our products we will offer paid support contracts for Cascade whether to help you migrate or be there if you need us.

Read all about this release in our blog post, and get started today with our packages and documentation. If the documentation doesn't answer your question or give you the guidance you need, please don't hesitate to post a message on our community forum.

To try out Cascade right now follow the installation instructions in the manual.