NSD 4.13.0 is now available. The most prominent new feature of our authoritative #DNS server is support for AF_XDP sockets.
With zero-copy disabled, we see a 1.7x improvement in handled queries per second compared to UDP through the network stack. We expect the improvement to be higher with a driver that fully supports AF_XDP zero-copy mode.
Release notes:
https://github.com/NLnetLabs/nsd/releases/tag/NSD_4_13_0_REL
Blog post:
https://blog.nlnetlabs.nl/experimental-support-for-af_xdp-sockets-in-nsd/