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That's what TXT records are for: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TXT_record https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TXT_record

• gtirloni 4y ago
  Exposed to the world?
  • NateEag 4y ago
    I guess that's not ideal, though I'm not clear what attack surface area is increased by storing creation/ deletion metadata in public. I guess it lets an attacker know that you're using Terraform, which might help them target their attacks.
    • bpicolo 4y ago
      Terraform stores secrets in state. Generated database password, etc.
      • NateEag 4y ago
        Oh, gotcha. I've not used Terraform yet. Yes, if that's the case, then TXT records could easily be unsuitable. Depends exactly what metadata needs to be attached to your DNS records.
• ntoskrnl 4y ago
  Terraform can be used to manage TXT records too. Where does it store metadata for them? Or is it TXT all the way down?
  • NateEag 4y ago
    You can have multiple TXT records for a given domain name, so it would be possible to store an arbitrary amount of metadata for whatever systems you desire, and just loop through the TXT records to figure out which ones are for the current system's purpose.