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dcde9f9fdb7cdb40d391c49e82df809afef42c01Luke Smith>dnssec-signkey</SPAN
dcde9f9fdb7cdb40d391c49e82df809afef42c01Luke Smith>&nbsp;--&nbsp;DNSSEC key set signing tool</DIV
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165d58fdb5129cfef36afcb5a3a2b4e59f64cf35Satyen Desai>Synopsis</H2
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757a02c8aa3074da5af65401e06946e17c4d8a7dSatyen Desai>-a</TT
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165d58fdb5129cfef36afcb5a3a2b4e59f64cf35Satyen Desai>-c <TT
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dcde9f9fdb7cdb40d391c49e82df809afef42c01Luke Smith>-s <TT
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dcde9f9fdb7cdb40d391c49e82df809afef42c01Luke Smith><I
dcde9f9fdb7cdb40d391c49e82df809afef42c01Luke Smith>start-time</I
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dcde9f9fdb7cdb40d391c49e82df809afef42c01Luke Smith>-e <TT
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757a02c8aa3074da5af65401e06946e17c4d8a7dSatyen Desai><I
165d58fdb5129cfef36afcb5a3a2b4e59f64cf35Satyen Desai>end-time</I
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165d58fdb5129cfef36afcb5a3a2b4e59f64cf35Satyen Desai>-h</TT
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757a02c8aa3074da5af65401e06946e17c4d8a7dSatyen Desai>-p</TT
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757a02c8aa3074da5af65401e06946e17c4d8a7dSatyen Desai><I
757a02c8aa3074da5af65401e06946e17c4d8a7dSatyen Desai>randomdev</I
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757a02c8aa3074da5af65401e06946e17c4d8a7dSatyen Desai><I
757a02c8aa3074da5af65401e06946e17c4d8a7dSatyen Desai>level</I
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dcde9f9fdb7cdb40d391c49e82df809afef42c01Luke Smith>DESCRIPTION</H2
><P
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>dnssec-signkey</B
> signs a keyset. Typically
the keyset will be for a child zone, and will have been generated
by <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>dnssec-makekeyset</B
>. The child zone's keyset
is signed with the zone keys for its parent zone. The output file
is of the form <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>signedkey-nnnn.</TT
>, where
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>nnnn</TT
> is the zone name.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN46"
></A
><H2
>OPTIONS</H2
><P
></P
><DIV
CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><DL
><DT
>-a</DT
><DD
><P
> Verify all generated signatures.
</P
></DD
><DT
>-c <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>class</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Specifies the DNS class of the key sets.
</P
></DD
><DT
>-s <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>start-time</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> 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 <TT
CLASS="OPTION"
>start-time</TT
> is specified, the current
time is used.
</P
></DD
><DT
>-e <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>end-time</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Specify the date and time when the generated SIG records
expire. As with <TT
CLASS="OPTION"
>start-time</TT
>, 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 realtive to the current time is
indicated with now+N. If no <TT
CLASS="OPTION"
>end-time</TT
> is
specified, 30 days from the start time is used as a default.
</P
></DD
><DT
>-h</DT
><DD
><P
> Prints a short summary of the options and arguments to
<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>dnssec-signkey</B
>.
</P
></DD
><DT
>-p</DT
><DD
><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
></DD
><DT
>-r <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>randomdev</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Specifies the source of randomness. If the operating
system does not provide a <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/random</TT
>
or equivalent device, the default source of randomness
is keyboard input. <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>randomdev</TT
> specifies
the name of a character device or file containing random
data to be used instead of the default. The special value
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>keyboard</TT
> indicates that keyboard
input should be used.
</P
></DD
><DT
>-v <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>level</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> Sets the debugging level.
</P
></DD
><DT
>keyset</DT
><DD
><P
> The file containing the child's keyset.
</P
></DD
><DT
>key</DT
><DD
><P
> The keys used to sign the child's keyset.
</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN101"
></A
><H2
>EXAMPLE</H2
><P
> The DNS administrator for a DNSSEC-aware <TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>.com</B
></TT
>
zone would use the following command to sign the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>keyset</TT
> file for <TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>example.com</B
></TT
>
created by <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>dnssec-makekeyset</B
> with a key generated
by <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>dnssec-keygen</B
>:
</P
><P
> <TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>dnssec-signkey keyset-example.com. Kcom.+003+51944</B
></TT
>
</P
><P
> In this example, <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>dnssec-signkey</B
> creates
the file <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>signedkey-example.com.</TT
>, which
contains the <TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>example.com</B
></TT
> keys and the
signatures by the <TT
CLASS="USERINPUT"
><B
>.com</B
></TT
> keys.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN116"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
><SPAN
CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
>dnssec-keygen</SPAN
>(8)</SPAN
>,
<SPAN
CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
><SPAN
CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
>dnssec-makekeyset</SPAN
>(8)</SPAN
>,
<SPAN
CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
><SPAN
CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
>dnssec-signzone</SPAN
>(8)</SPAN
>.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN128"
></A
><H2
>AUTHOR</H2
><P
> Internet Software Consortium
</P
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