NAME

       ldns-keygen - generate a DNSSEC key pair

SYNOPSIS

       ldns-keygen [ OPTION ] DOMAIN

DESCRIPTION

       ldns-keygen  is  used  to  generate  a  private/public keypair. When run, it will create 3
       files; a .key file with the public DNSKEY, a .private file with the private keydata and  a
       .ds with the DS record of the DNSKEY record.

       ldns-keygen  can  also  be  used  to  create  symmetric  keys  (for TSIG) by selecting the
       appropriate  algorithm:  hmac-md5.sig-alg.reg.int,  hmac-sha1,  hmac-sha224,  hmac-sha256,
       hmac-sha384 or hmac-sha512.  In that case no DS record will be created and no .ds file.

       ldns-keygen prints the basename for the key files: K<name>+<alg>+<id>

OPTIONS

       -a <algorithm>
              Create  a key with this algorithm. Specifying 'list' here gives a list of supported
              algorithms.  Several alias names are also accepted (from older versions  and  other
              software),  the  list  gives  names  from  the  RFC.  Also the plain algo number is
              accepted.

       -b <bits>
              Use this many bits for the key length.

       -k     When given, generate a key signing key. This  just  sets  the  flag  field  to  257
              instead of 256 in the DNSKEY RR in the .key file.

       -r device
              Make ldns-keygen use this file to seed the random generator with. This will default
              to /dev/random.

       -s     ldns-keygen will create symbolic links named .private to the new generated  private
              key, .key to the public DNSKEY and .ds to the file containing DS record data.

       -f     force symlinks to be overwritten if they exist.

       -v     Show the version and exit

AUTHOR

       Written by the ldns team as an example for ldns usage.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <dns-team@nlnetlabs.nl>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  (C) 2005-2008 NLnet Labs. This is free software. There is NO warranty; not even
       for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

                                           27 May 2008                             ldns-keygen(1)