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NAME
dnssec-signzone - DNSSEC zone signing tool
SYNOPSIS
dnssec-signzone [-a] [-c class] [-d directory] [-D] [-E engine] [-e end-time]
[-f output-file] [-g] [-h] [-K directory] [-k key] [-L serial] [-l domain]
[-i interval] [-I input-format] [-j jitter] [-N soa-serial-format]
[-o origin] [-O output-format] [-P] [-p] [-R] [-r randomdev] [-S]
[-s start-time] [-T ttl] [-t] [-u] [-v level] [-X extended end-time] [-x]
[-z] [-3 salt] [-H iterations] [-A] {zonefile} [key...]
DESCRIPTION
dnssec-signzone signs a zone. It generates NSEC and RRSIG records and produces a signed
version of the zone. The security status of delegations from the signed zone (that is,
whether the child zones are secure or not) is determined by the presence or absence of a
keyset file for each child zone.
OPTIONS
-a
Verify all generated signatures.
-c class
Specifies the DNS class of the zone.
-C
Compatibility mode: Generate a keyset-zonename file in addition to dsset-zonename when
signing a zone, for use by older versions of dnssec-signzone.
-d directory
Look for dsset- or keyset- files in directory.
-D
Output only those record types automatically managed by dnssec-signzone, i.e. RRSIG,
NSEC, NSEC3 and NSEC3PARAM records. If smart signing (-S) is used, DNSKEY records are
also included. The resulting file can be included in the original zone file with
$INCLUDE. This option cannot be combined with -O raw or serial number updating.
-E engine
Uses a crypto hardware (OpenSSL engine) for the crypto operations it supports, for
instance signing with private keys from a secure key store. When compiled with PKCS#11
support it defaults to pkcs11; the empty name resets it to no engine.
-g
Generate DS records for child zones from dsset- or keyset- file. Existing DS records
will be removed.
-K directory
Key repository: Specify a directory to search for DNSSEC keys. If not specified,
defaults to the current directory.
-k key
Treat specified key as a key signing key ignoring any key flags. This option may be
specified multiple times.
-l domain
Generate a DLV set in addition to the key (DNSKEY) and DS sets. The domain is appended
to the name of the records.
-s start-time
Specify the date and time when the generated RRSIG records become valid. This can be
either an absolute 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 minus 1 hour (to allow for clock skew) is
used.
-e end-time
Specify the date and time when the generated RRSIG 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. end-time must be later than start-time.
-X extended end-time
Specify the date and time when the generated RRSIG records for the DNSKEY RRset will
expire. This is to be used in cases when the DNSKEY signatures need to persist longer
than signatures on other records; e.g., when the private component of the KSK is kept
offline and the KSK signature is to be refreshed manually.
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 extended
end-time is specified, the value of end-time is used as the default. (end-time, in
turn, defaults to 30 days from the start time.) extended end-time must be later than
start-time.
-f output-file
The name of the output file containing the signed zone. The default is to append
.signed to the input filename. If output-file is set to "-", then the signed zone is
written to the standard output, with a default output format of "full".
-h
Prints a short summary of the options and arguments to dnssec-signzone.
-i interval
When a previously-signed zone is passed as input, records may be resigned. The
interval option specifies the cycle interval as an offset from the current time (in
seconds). If a RRSIG record expires after the cycle interval, it is retained.
Otherwise, it is considered to be expiring soon, and it will be replaced.
The default cycle interval is one quarter of the difference between the signature end
and start times. So if neither end-time or start-time are specified, dnssec-signzone
generates signatures that are valid for 30 days, with a cycle interval of 7.5 days.
Therefore, if any existing RRSIG records are due to expire in less than 7.5 days, they
would be replaced.
-I input-format
The format of the input zone file. Possible formats are "text" (default) and "raw".
This option is primarily intended to be used for dynamic signed zones so that the
dumped zone file in a non-text format containing updates can be signed directly. The
use of this option does not make much sense for non-dynamic zones.
-j jitter
When signing a zone with a fixed signature lifetime, all RRSIG records issued at the
time of signing expires simultaneously. If the zone is incrementally signed, i.e. a
previously-signed zone is passed as input to the signer, all expired signatures have
to be regenerated at about the same time. The jitter option specifies a jitter window
that will be used to randomize the signature expire time, thus spreading incremental
signature regeneration over time.
Signature lifetime jitter also to some extent benefits validators and servers by
spreading out cache expiration, i.e. if large numbers of RRSIGs don't expire at the
same time from all caches there will be less congestion than if all validators need to
refetch at mostly the same time.
-L serial
When writing a signed zone to 'raw' format, set the "source serial" value in the
header to the specified serial number. (This is expected to be used primarily for
testing purposes.)
-n ncpus
Specifies the number of threads to use. By default, one thread is started for each
detected CPU.
-N soa-serial-format
The SOA serial number format of the signed zone. Possible formats are "keep"
(default), "increment" and "unixtime".
"keep"
Do not modify the SOA serial number.
"increment"
Increment the SOA serial number using RFC 1982 arithmetics.
"unixtime"
Set the SOA serial number to the number of seconds since epoch.
-o origin
The zone origin. If not specified, the name of the zone file is assumed to be the
origin.
-O output-format
The format of the output file containing the signed zone. Possible formats are "text"
(default) "full", which is text output in a format suitable for processing by external
scripts, and "raw" or "raw=N", which store the zone in a binary format for rapid
loading by named. "raw=N" specifies the format version of the raw zone file: if N is
0, the raw file can be read by any version of named; if N is 1, the file can be read
by release 9.9.0 or higher. The default is 1.
-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.
-P
Disable post sign verification tests.
The post sign verification test ensures that for each algorithm in use there is at
least one non revoked self signed KSK key, that all revoked KSK keys are self signed,
and that all records in the zone are signed by the algorithm. This option skips these
tests.
-Q
Remove signatures from keys that are no longer active.
Normally, when a previously-signed zone is passed as input to the signer, and a DNSKEY
record has been removed and replaced with a new one, signatures from the old key that
are still within their validity period are retained. This allows the zone to continue
to validate with cached copies of the old DNSKEY RRset. The -Q forces dnssec-signzone
to remove signatures from keys that are no longer active. This enables ZSK rollover
using the procedure described in RFC 4641, section 4.2.1.1 ("Pre-Publish Key
Rollover").
-R
Remove signatures from keys that are no longer published.
This option is similar to -Q, except it forces dnssec-signzone to signatures from keys
that are no longer published. This enables ZSK rollover using the procedure described
in RFC 4641, section 4.2.1.2 ("Double Signature Zone Signing Key Rollover").
-r randomdev
Specifies the source of randomness. If the operating system does not provide a
/dev/random or equivalent 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.
-S
Smart signing: Instructs dnssec-signzone to search the key repository for keys that
match the zone being signed, and to include them in the zone if appropriate.
When a key is found, its timing metadata is examined to determine how it should be
used, according to the following rules. Each successive rule takes priority over the
prior ones:
If no timing metadata has been set for the key, the key is published in the
zone and used to sign the zone.
If the key's publication date is set and is in the past, the key is published
in the zone.
If the key's activation date is set and in the past, the key is published
(regardless of publication date) and used to sign the zone.
If the key's revocation date is set and in the past, and the key is published,
then the key is revoked, and the revoked key is used to sign the zone.
If either of the key's unpublication or deletion dates are set and in the
past, the key is NOT published or used to sign the zone, regardless of any
other metadata.
-T ttl
Specifies a TTL to be used for new DNSKEY records imported into the zone from the key
repository. If not specified, the default is the TTL value from the zone's SOA record.
This option is ignored when signing without -S, since DNSKEY records are not imported
from the key repository in that case. It is also ignored if there are any pre-existing
DNSKEY records at the zone apex, in which case new records' TTL values will be set to
match them, or if any of the imported DNSKEY records had a default TTL value. In the
event of a a conflict between TTL values in imported keys, the shortest one is used.
-t
Print statistics at completion.
-u
Update NSEC/NSEC3 chain when re-signing a previously signed zone. With this option, a
zone signed with NSEC can be switched to NSEC3, or a zone signed with NSEC3 can be
switch to NSEC or to NSEC3 with different parameters. Without this option,
dnssec-signzone will retain the existing chain when re-signing.
-v level
Sets the debugging level.
-x
Only sign the DNSKEY RRset with key-signing keys, and omit signatures from
zone-signing keys. (This is similar to the dnssec-dnskey-kskonly yes; zone option in
named.)
-z
Ignore KSK flag on key when determining what to sign. This causes KSK-flagged keys to
sign all records, not just the DNSKEY RRset. (This is similar to the update-check-ksk
no; zone option in named.)
-3 salt
Generate an NSEC3 chain with the given hex encoded salt. A dash (salt) can be used to
indicate that no salt is to be used when generating the NSEC3 chain.
-H iterations
When generating an NSEC3 chain, use this many iterations. The default is 10.
-A
When generating an NSEC3 chain set the OPTOUT flag on all NSEC3 records and do not
generate NSEC3 records for insecure delegations.
Using this option twice (i.e., -AA) turns the OPTOUT flag off for all records. This is
useful when using the -u option to modify an NSEC3 chain which previously had OPTOUT
set.
zonefile
The file containing the zone to be signed.
key
Specify which keys should be used to sign the zone. If no keys are specified, then the
zone will be examined for DNSKEY records at the zone apex. If these are found and
there are matching private keys, in the current directory, then these will be used for
signing.
EXAMPLE
The following command signs the example.com zone with the DSA key generated by
dnssec-keygen (Kexample.com.+003+17247). Because the -S option is not being used, the
zone's keys must be in the master file (db.example.com). This invocation looks for dsset
files, in the current directory, so that DS records can be imported from them (-g).
% dnssec-signzone -g -o example.com db.example.com \
Kexample.com.+003+17247
db.example.com.signed
%
In the above example, dnssec-signzone creates the file db.example.com.signed. This file
should be referenced in a zone statement in a named.conf file.
This example re-signs a previously signed zone with default parameters. The private keys
are assumed to be in the current directory.
% cp db.example.com.signed db.example.com
% dnssec-signzone -o example.com db.example.com
db.example.com.signed
%
SEE ALSO
dnssec-keygen(8), BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual, RFC 4033, RFC 4641.
AUTHOR
Internet Systems Consortium
COPYRIGHT
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