dnssec-signkey(1M) System Administration Commands dnssec-signkey(1M)NAMEdnssec-signkey - DNSSEC key set signing tool
SYNOPSISdnssec-signkey [-ahp] [-c class] [-e end-time]
[-r randomdev] [-s start-time] [-v level] keyset key...
DESCRIPTION
The dnssec-signkey utility signs a keyset. Typically the keyset will be
for a child zone and will have been generated by dnssec-makekeyset(1M).
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
The following options are supported:
-a Verify all generated signatures.
-c class Specify the DNS class of the key sets.
-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 rela‐
tive 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 Specify 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 start-time Specify the date and time when the generated SIG
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 is used.
-v level Set the debugging level.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
key The keys used to sign the child's keyset.
keyset The file containing the child's keyset.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Sign the keyset file for example.com.
The DNS administrator for a DNSSEC-aware .com zone would use the fol‐
lowing command to sign the keyset file for example.com created by
dnssec-makekeyset with a key generated by dnssec-keygen:
dnssec-signkey keyset-example.com. Kcom.+003+51944
In this example, dnssec-signkey creates the file signedkey-example.com,
which contains the example.com keys and the signatures by the .com
keys.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
│Availability SUNWbind9 │
│Interface Stability Volatile │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOdnssec-keygen(1M), dnssec-makekeyset(1M), dnssec-signzone(1M),
attributes(5)NOTES
Source for BIND9 is available in the SUNWbind9S package.
SunOS 5.11 20 Mar 2007 dnssec-signkey(1M)
