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327N/A<refentry id="man.ddns-confgen">

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824N/A <date>Jan 29, 2009</date>

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327N/A <refmeta>

327N/A <refentrytitle><application>ddns-confgen</application></refentrytitle>

327N/A <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

824N/A <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>

327N/A </refmeta>

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327N/A <refnamediv>

824N/A <refname><application>ddns-confgen</application></refname>

327N/A <refpurpose>ddns key generation tool</refpurpose>

327N/A </refnamediv>

327N/A

327N/A <docinfo>

327N/A <copyright>

327N/A <year>2004</year>

327N/A <year>2005</year>

327N/A <year>2007</year>

327N/A <year>2009</year>

327N/A <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>

327N/A </copyright>

327N/A <copyright>

327N/A <year>2001</year>

327N/A <year>2003</year>

327N/A <holder>Internet Software Consortium.</holder>

327N/A </copyright>

327N/A </docinfo>

327N/A

327N/A <refsynopsisdiv>

327N/A <cmdsynopsis>

327N/A <command>ddns-confgen</command>

327N/A <arg><option>-a <replaceable class="parameter">algorithm</replaceable></option></arg>

327N/A <arg><option>-h</option></arg>

327N/A <arg><option>-k <replaceable class="parameter">keyname</replaceable></option></arg>

327N/A <arg><option>-r <replaceable class="parameter">randomfile</replaceable></option></arg>

327N/A <arg><option>-s</option></arg>

327N/A <arg><option>-q</option></arg>

327N/A <arg choice="opt">name</arg>

824N/A </cmdsynopsis>

327N/A </refsynopsisdiv>

327N/A

327N/A <refsect1>

327N/A <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

327N/A <para><command>ddns-confgen</command>

327N/A generates a key for use by <command>nsupdate</command>

327N/A and <command>named</command>. It simplifies configuration

327N/A of dynamic zones by generating a key and providing the

327N/A <command>nsupdate</command> and <command>named.conf</command>

327N/A syntax that will be needed to use it, including an example

327N/A <command>update-policy</command> statement.

327N/A </para>

327N/A

327N/A <para>

327N/A If a domain name is specified on the command line, it will

327N/A be used in the name of the generated key and in the sample

327N/A <command>named.conf</command> syntax. For example,

327N/A <command>ddns-confgen example.com</command> would

327N/A generate a key called "ddns-key.example.com", and sample

327N/A <command>named.conf</command> command that could be used

327N/A in the zone definition for "example.com".

</para>

<para>

Note that <command>named</command> itself can configure a

local DDNS key for use with <command>nsupdate -l</command>.

<command>ddns-confgen</command> is only needed when a

more elaborate configuration is required: for instance, if

<command>nsupdate</command> is to be used from a remote system.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>OPTIONS</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>-a <replaceable class="parameter">algorithm</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>

Specifies the algorithm to use for the TSIG key. Available

choices are: hmac-md5, hmac-sha1, hmac-sha224, hmac-sha256,

hmac-sha384 and hmac-sha512. The default is hmac-sha256.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-h</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Prints a short summary of the options and arguments to

<command>ddns-confgen</command>.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-k <replaceable class="parameter">keyname</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>

Specifies the key name of the DDNS authentication key.

The default is <constant>ddns-key</constant>.

The key name must have the format of a valid domain name,

consisting of letters, digits, hyphens and periods.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-q</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Quiet mode: Print only the key, with no explanatory text or

usage examples.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-r <replaceable class="parameter">randomfile</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>

Specifies a source of random data for generating the

authorization. If the operating system does not provide a

<filename>/dev/random</filename> or equivalent device, the

default source of randomness is keyboard input.

<filename>randomdev</filename> specifies the name of a

character device or file containing random data to be used

instead of the default. The special value

<filename>keyboard</filename> indicates that keyboard input

should be used.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-s</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Self mode: The example <command>named.conf</command> text

shows how to set an update policy using the "self" nametype,

using a single key per each domain name for updates, instead of

the "subdomain" nametype which allows matching on any name

within a specified domain.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>SEE ALSO</title>

<para><citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>nsupdate</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>,

<citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>named.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>,

<citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>named</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>,

<citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>AUTHOR</title>

<para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>

</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry><!--