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HEAD 2639N/A> -- DNSSEC zone signing tool</
DIV 281N/A> signs a zone. It generates
281N/A NSEC and RRSIG records and produces a signed version of the
2205N/A zone. The security status of delegations from the signed zone
2205N/A (that is, whether the child zones are secure or not) is
2205N/A determined by the presence or absence of a
2476N/A> Verify all generated signatures.
2936N/A> Specifies the DNS class of the zone.
> Treat specified key as a key signing key ignoring any
key flags. This option may be specified multiple times.
> Generate a DLV set in addition to the key (DNSKEY) and DS sets.
The domain is appended to the name of the records.
> Generate DS records for child zones from keyset files.
Existing DS records will be removed.
> 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.
> is specified, the current
time minus 1 hour (to allow for clock skew) is used.
> Specify the date and time when the generated RRSIG records
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 <
VAR specified, 30 days from the start time is used as a default.
> The name of the output file containing the signed zone. The
> Prints a short summary of the options and arguments to
> When a previously signed zone is passed as input, records
may be resigned. The <
VAR 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
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
> Specifies the number of threads to use. By default, one
thread is started for each detected CPU.
> The zone origin. If not specified, the name of the zone file
is assumed to be the origin.
> 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
> Specifies the source of randomness. If the operating
system does not provide a <
TT or equivalent device, the default source of randomness
the name of a character device or file containing random
data to be used instead of the default. The special value
> indicates that keyboard
> Print statistics at completion.
> Sets the debugging level.
> Ignore KSK flag on key when determining what to sign.
> The file containing the zone to be signed.
Sets the debugging level.
> The keys used to sign the zone. If no keys are specified, the
default all zone keys that have private key files in the
> The following command signs the <
KBD zone with the DSA key generated in the <
B man page. The zone's keys must be in the zone. If there are
> files associated with child zones,
they must be in the current directory.
>, the following command would be
> The command would print a string of the form:
should be referenced in a zone statement in a
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