Akira release announcements & articles blog
This is the official blog of Akira. We are a computer networking software company. Here we publish release announcements and articles about the technology that we develop and use.
Akira develops the Loop DNS implementation, the Dora DHCP implementation, and the Akira network management system. Our products are free for commercial and personal use. They are packaged for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, Amazon Linux, and Azure Linux.
Akira platform version 1.99.24 is available
October 19, 2026
Akira platform version 1.99.24 has been released. The release brings substantial GPU-accelerated RSA and ECDSA performance improvements to Loop, along with updated Akira web interface dependencies, improved cryptographic data handling, and additional diagnostics.
Akira platform version 1.99.23 is available
October 15, 2026
Akira platform version 1.99.23 has been released. This release adds Vulkan GPU acceleration support for Loop DNSSEC signing and verification, improves resolution of zones signed with PQ DNSSEC algorithms, strengthens protection of sensitive data, and includes Dora DHCP reliability fixes.
Signing zones with the MLDSA44 DNSSEC algorithm using Loop
September 29, 2026
This is a tutorial on how to perform DNSSEC zone signing with the new post-quantum MLDSA44 DNSSEC algorithm using Loop.
Akira platform version 1.99.22 is available
September 29, 2026
Akira platform version 1.99.22 has been released. Akira improves Loop nameserver manager startup reliability and its web interface. Loop adds post-quantum MLDSA44 DNSSEC algorithm support, RFC 8509 root key trust anchor sentinel support, and checks current DNSSEC root trust anchors configuration.
Akira platform version 1.99.21 is available
September 17, 2026
Akira platform version 1.99.21 has been released. This is a critical bugfix release that fixes reliability of secure manager connections when transferring large responses.
Akira platform version 1.99.20 is available
September 16, 2026
Akira platform version 1.99.20 has been released. This release adds substantially expanded Loop nameserver monitoring and control, managed DNS configuration, statistics graphs, DHCP object types, Amazon Linux and Azure Linux packages, and various interface improvements.
Akira platform version 1.99.19 is available
August 22, 2026
Akira platform version 1.99.19 has been released. This release adds support for manager-driven Loop DNS nameserver operation, allowing connected nameservers to authenticate to Akira, receive managed configuration, report connection status, and accept live reconfiguration requests.
Akira platform version 1.99.18 is available
August 11, 2026
Akira platform version 1.99.18 has been released. This release includes substantial improvements to the web interface, object management workflows, real-time updates, performance, and reliability.
Akira platform version 1.99.17 is available
July 20, 2026
Akira platform version 1.99.17 has been released. This release introduces an object editor in the Akira network management application.
Dora version 1.99.16 is available
June 10, 2026
Dora version 1.99.16 has been released. Dora has been moved to the akira.org domain.
Akira version 1.99.16 is available
June 10, 2026
Akira version 1.99.16 has been released. Akira has been moved to the akira.org domain.
Loop version 1.99.16 is available
June 10, 2026
Loop version 1.99.16 has been released. Loop has been moved to the akira.org domain.
Dora version 1.99.15 is available
May 31, 2026
Dora version 1.99.15 has been released. Lease has been renamed to Dora. This release switches to Loop logging, removes the dhclient program, adds Debian and Ubuntu packages, contains extensive refactoring of the code, and various other items.
Akira version 1.99.15 is available
May 31, 2026
Akira version 1.99.15 has been released. Border has been renamed to Akira. This release switches to Loop logging, adds Debian and Ubuntu packages, and various other items.
Loop version 1.99.15 is available
May 31, 2026
Loop version 1.99.15 has been released. This release adds Debian and Ubuntu packages, and various other items.
Lease version 1.99.14 is available
May 21, 2026
Lease version 1.99.14 has been released. This release includes support for multiple network I/O methods, extensive refactoring of the code, and various other items.
Lease version 1.99.13 is available
May 12, 2026
Lease version 1.99.13 has been released. This release includes complete TSIG algorithms support, extensive upgrade of the code, and various other items.
Loop version 1.99.13 is available
May 12, 2026
Loop version 1.99.13 has been released. This release includes TSIG code refactoring, logging changes, and various other items.
Loop version 1.99.12 is available
April 30, 2026
Loop version 1.99.12 has been released. This release includes support for EDNS options for DNS filtering, Structured Error Data for Filtered DNS, logging improvements, more Extended DNS Errors, updates to the Vulkan manager, and various other items.
Loop version 1.99.11 is available
March 13, 2026
Loop version 1.99.11 has been released. This release includes the Vulkan manager, and various other items.
Loop version 1.99.10 is available
March 3, 2026
Loop version 1.99.10 has been released. This release includes support for new EDNS EDE options, NSEC3 iterations limit, and various other items.
Lease version 1.99.9 is available
February 15, 2026
Lease version 1.99.9 has been released. This release includes support for new platforms, and various other items.
Border version 1.99.9 is available
February 15, 2026
Border version 1.99.9 has been released. This release includes support for new platforms, and various other items.
Loop version 1.99.9 is available
February 15, 2026
Loop version 1.99.9 has been released. This release includes support for new platforms, and various other items.
Lease version 1.99.8 is available
November 4, 2025
Lease version 1.99.8 has been released. This release includes changes to Lease's packaging, and various other items.
Border version 1.99.8 is available
November 4, 2025
Border version 1.99.8 has been released. This release includes changes to Border's packaging, and various other items.
Loop version 1.99.8 is available
November 4, 2025
Loop version 1.99.8 has been released. This release includes support for EDNS Extended DNS Error, and various other items.
Lease version 1.99.7 is available
August 31, 2025
Lease version 1.99.7 has been released. This release includes changes to Lease's packaging, and various other items.
Border version 1.99.7 is available
August 31, 2025
Border version 1.99.7 has been released. This is the first public release of Border.
Loop version 1.99.7 is available
August 31, 2025
Loop version 1.99.7 has been released. This release includes changes to Loop's packaging, and various other items.
Loop version 1.99.6 is available
August 11, 2025
Loop version 1.99.6 has been released. This release includes changes to Loop's packaging, and various other items.
Lease version 1.99.6 is available
August 11, 2025
Lease version 1.99.6 has been released. This is the first public release of Lease.
Loop version 1.99.5 is available
August 4, 2025
Loop version 1.99.5 has been released. This release includes support for encrypted DNSSEC private keys, and various other items.
Loop version 1.99.4 is available
July 14, 2025
Loop version 1.99.4 has been released. This release includes refactoring of the task manager and worker threads architecture, refactoring of the socket manager, and various other items.
Using Loop's PKCS#11 support for DNSSEC signing
July 5, 2025
This is a tutorial on how to use PKCS#11 for DNSSEC signing with Loop.
Loop version 1.99.3 is available
July 3, 2025
Loop version 1.99.3 has been released. This release includes use of modern OpenSSL 3 API, support for OpenSSL 3 provider PKCS#11, RHEL 10 packages, and various other items.
Loop version 1.99.1 is available
January 3, 2025
Loop version 1.99.1 has been released. This is the first release made from the 1.99 development branch.