`kv.sslip.io`: (key-value) read/write/delete TXTs
We enable special behavior under the kv.sslip.io
subdomain: it can be treated as a key-value store, the sub-subdomain being the key, and the TXT record being the value.
For example, to write ("put") the value "12.0.1" to the key "macos-version" on the ns-gce.sslip.io.
nameserver, you'd use the following dig
command:
dig @ns-gce.sslip.io. txt put.12.0.1.macos-version.kv.sslip.io.
To read ("get") the value back, you'd write the following dig
command:
dig @ns-gce.sslip.io. txt get.macos-version.kv.sslip.io.
Since "get" is the default behavior, you don't need to include it in the
domain name:
dig @ns-gce.sslip.io. txt macos-version.kv.sslip.io.
Finally, when you're done with the key-value, you can "delete" it:
dig @ns-gce.sslip.io. txt delete.macos-version.kv.sslip.io.
Notes:
- Keys are case-insensitive (to accommodate DNS convention). In other words,
KEY.kv.sslip.io
andkey.kv.sslip.io
return the same TXT record. - Values are case-sensitive.
put.CamelCase.style.kv.sslip.io
sets the TXT record to "CamelCase". put
requests will return the TXT record being put; i.e.put.hello.world.kv.sslip.io
returns one TXT record of one string,hello
.delete
requests will return the TXT record being deleted; i.e.delete.world.kv.sslip.io
returns one TXT record of one string,hello
. If the TXT record does not exist, no TXT records will be returned.- Values are limited to 63 bytes to mitigate using the sslip.io servers in a DNS amplification attack.
- Values are not persistent: if the server is restarted, all values disappear. Poof.
- Values are not consistent. If a value is set in
ns-aws.sslip.io
, it does not propagate tons-gce.sslip.io
norns-azure.sslip.io
.