Changeset 1542

Timestamp:

Nov 6, 2008, 9:52:39 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

broder

Message:

In the web interface, validate names by querying against the local
nameserver

This fixes the case where the default nameserver is caching an old
value.

Location:

trunk/packages/invirt-web

Files:

• code/validation.py (modified) (1 diff)
• debian/changelog (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/packages/invirt-web/code/validation.py

@@ -274 +274 @@
     try:
         hostname = '%s.%s.' % (name, config.dns.domains[0])
+        resolver = dns.resolver.Resolver()
+        resolver.nameservers = ['127.0.0.1']
         try:
-            dns.resolver.query(hostname, 'A')
+            resolver.query(hostname, 'A')
         except dns.resolver.NoAnswer, e:
             # If we can get the TXT record, then we can verify it's
             # reserved. If this lookup fails, let it bubble up and be
             # dealt with
-            answer = dns.resolver.query(hostname, 'TXT')
+            answer = resolver.query(hostname, 'TXT')
             txt = answer[0].strings[0]
             if txt.startswith('reserved'):

trunk/packages/invirt-web/debian/changelog

@@ +1 @@
+invirt-web (0.0.7) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Query against the local nameserver to be sure there's no caching of
+    deleted hosts
+
+ -- Evan Broder <broder@mit.edu>  Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:44:27 -0500
+
 invirt-web (0.0.6) unstable; urgency=low