DNSSEC-SIGNKEY(8)DNSSEC-SIGNKEY(8)NAMEdnssec-signkey - DNSSEC key set signing tool
SYNOPSISdnssec-signkey [ -a ] [ -c class ] [ -s start-time ] [
-e end-time ] [ -h ] [ -p ] [ -r randomdev ] [ -v
level ] keyset key...
DESCRIPTIONdnssec-signkey signs a keyset. Typically the keyset will
be for a child zone, and will have been generated by
dnssec-makekeyset. The child zone's keyset is signed with
the zone keys for its parent zone. The output file is of
the form signedkey-nnnn., where nnnn is the zone name.
OPTIONS-a Verify all generated signatures.
-c class
Specifies the DNS class of the key sets.
-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-signkey.
-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.
-v level
Sets the debugging level.
keyset The file containing the child's keyset.
key The keys used to sign the child's keyset.
EXAMPLE
The DNS administrator for a DNSSEC-aware .com zone would
use the following command to sign the keyset file for
example.com created by dnssec-makekeyset with a key gener-
ated by dnssec-keygen:
dnssec-signkey keyset-example.com. Kcom.+003+51944
In this example, dnssec-signkey creates the file signed-
key-example.com., which contains the example.com keys and
the signatures by the .com keys.
SEE ALSOdnssec-keygen(8), dnssec-makekeyset(8), dnssec-sign-
zone(8).
AUTHOR
Internet Software Consortium
BIND9 June 30, 2000 DNSSEC-SIGNKEY(8)