dnssec-makekeyset(8)
NAME
dnssec-makekeyset - DNSSEC zone signing tool
SYNOPSIS
dnssec-makekeyset [ -a ] [ -s start-time ] [ -e end-time ] [ -h ] [ -p ] [ -r randomdev ] [ -tttl ] [ -v level ] key...
DESCRIPTION
dnssec-makekeyset generates a key set from one or more
keys created by dnssec-keygen. It creates a file contain
ing a KEY record for each key, and self-signs the key set
with each zone key. The output file is of the form keysetnnnn., where nnnn is the zone name.
OPTIONS
-a Verify all generated signatures.
- -s start-time
- Specify the date and time when the generated SIG
records become valid. This can be either an abso
lute or relative time. An absolute start time is
indicated by a number in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS notation;
20000530144500 denotes 14:45:00 UTC on May 30th,
2000. A relative start time is indicated by +N,
which is N seconds from the current time. If no
start-time is specified, the current time is used. - -e end-time
Specify the date and time when the generated SIG
records expire. As with start-time, an absolute time is indicated in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS notation. A
time relative to the start time is indicated with
+N, which is N seconds from the start time. A time
relative to the current time is indicated with
now+N. If no end-time is specified, 30 days from the start time is used as a default. - -h Prints a short summary of the options and arguments
to dnssec-makekeyset. - -p Use pseudo-random data when signing the zone. This
is faster, but less secure, than using real random
data. This option may be useful when signing large
zones or when the entropy source is limited. - -r randomdev
Specifies the source of randomness. If the operat
ing system does not provide a /dev/random or equiv alent device, the default source of randomness is
keyboard input. randomdev specifies the name of a character device or file containing random data to
be used instead of the default. The special value
keyboard indicates that keyboard input should be used. - -t ttl Specify the TTL (time to live) of the KEY and SIG
records. The default is 3600 seconds. - -v level
Sets the debugging level. - key The list of keys to be included in the keyset file.
These keys are expressed in the form
Knnnn.+aaa+iiiii as generated by dnssec-keygen.
EXAMPLE
The following command generates a keyset containing the
DSA key for example.com generated in the dnssec-keygen man
page.
dnssec-makekeyset -t 86400 -s 20000701120000 -e +2592000
Kexample.com.+003+26160
In this example, dnssec-makekeyset creates the file key_
set-example.com.. This file contains the specified key and
a self-generated signature.
The DNS administrator for example.com could send keysetexample.com. to the DNS administrator for .com for sign
ing, if the .com zone is DNSSEC-aware and the administra
tors of the two zones have some mechanism for authenticat
ing each other and exchanging the keys and signatures
securely.
SEE ALSO
dnssec-keygen(8), dnssec-signkey(8), BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual, RFC 2535.
AUTHOR
- Internet Software Consortium