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5097N/A<h2>Name</h2>
5097N/A<p><span class="application">isc-hmac-fixup</span> &#8212; fixes HMAC keys generated by older versions of BIND</p>
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5097N/A<h2>Synopsis</h2>
5097N/A<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">isc-hmac-fixup</code> {<em class="replaceable"><code>algorithm</code></em>} {<em class="replaceable"><code>secret</code></em>}</p></div>
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5097N/A<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
5097N/A<a name="id2543355"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
5097N/A<p>
5097N/A Versions of BIND 9 up to and including BIND 9.6 had a bug causing
5097N/A HMAC-SHA* TSIG keys which were longer than the digest length of the
5097N/A hash algorithm (i.e., SHA1 keys longer than 160 bits, SHA256 keys
5097N/A longer than 256 bits, etc) to be used incorrectly, generating a
5097N/A message authentication code that was incompatible with other DNS
5097N/A implementations.
5097N/A </p>
5097N/A<p>
5097N/A This bug has been fixed in BIND 9.7. However, the fix may
5097N/A cause incompatibility between older and newer versions of
5097N/A BIND, when using long keys. <span><strong class="command">isc-hmac-fixup</strong></span>
5097N/A modifies those keys to restore compatibility.
5097N/A </p>
5097N/A<p>
5097N/A To modify a key, run <span><strong class="command">isc-hmac-fixup</strong></span> and
5097N/A specify the key's algorithm and secret on the command line. If the
5097N/A secret is longer than the digest length of the algorithm (64 bytes
5097N/A for SHA1 through SHA256, or 128 bytes for SHA384 and SHA512), then a
5097N/A new secret will be generated consisting of a hash digest of the old
5097N/A secret. (If the secret did not require conversion, then it will be
5097N/A printed without modification.)
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5097N/A<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
5097N/A<a name="id2543379"></a><h2>SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS</h2>
5097N/A<p>
5097N/A Secrets that have been converted by <span><strong class="command">isc-hmac-fixup</strong></span>
5097N/A are shortened, but as this is how the HMAC protocol works in
5097N/A operation anyway, it does not affect security. RFC 2104 notes,
5097N/A "Keys longer than [the digest length] are acceptable but the
5097N/A extra length would not significantly increase the function
5097N/A strength."
5097N/A </p>
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5097N/A<a name="id2543393"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
5097N/A<p>
5097N/A <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>,
5097N/A <em class="citetitle">RFC 2104</em>.
5097N/A </p>
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5097N/A<a name="id2543410"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
5097N/A<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
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