Archive for the “PowerDNS on Rails” category
Macro support for PowerDNS on Rails
by Kenneth Kalmer on January 4, 2009
PowerDNS, and PowerDNS on Rails forms a critical part of our infrastructure here at inX, and over the holidays I’ve been busy adding support for macros to PowerDNS on Rails. Macros allow a DNS administrator to setup a predefined sequence (…)
Authentication Tokens, what are they all about?
by Kenneth Kalmer on October 7, 2008
Yesterday I pushed a slew of changes to the PowerDNS on Rails repo. The sole focus of the work was to extend the authentication system to have temporary authentication tokens. What are authentication tokens? Allow me to explain… Some background (…)
Open Source Rails projects, make sure you’re safe…
by Kenneth Kalmer on September 27, 2008
An impending doom? Possibly. There was a thread on the Rails Core list not too long ago, titled “Cookie session security and open-source“, and they covered what seems to be an obvious security flaw. I distinctly remember following the events (…)
PowerDNS on Rails now sports basic audits
by Kenneth Kalmer on September 25, 2008
Just as a quick update on the PowerDNS on Rails project, I’ve just pushed several updates to Github that most profoundly includes support for audits. Other smaller changes are also included, including plugin updates (HAML) and upgrading Rails to 2.0.4. (…)
