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DNSSEC-MAKEKEYSET(8)


NAME

  dnssec-makekeyset - DNSSEC zone signing tool


SYNOPSIS

  dnssec-makekeyset [ -a ]  [ -s start-time ]  [ -e end-time ]	[ -h ]	[ -p
  ]  [ -r randomdev ]  [ -tttl ]  [ -v level ]	key...


DESCRIPTION

  dnssec-makekeyset generates a key set from one or more keys created by
  dnssec-keygen. It creates a file containing a KEY record for each key, and
  self-signs the key set with each zone key. The output file is of the form
  keyset-nnnn., where nnnn is the zone name.


OPTIONS

  -a   Verify all generated signatures.

  -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.

  -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 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 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-
       makekeyset.

  -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
       Specifies 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.

  -t ttl
       Specify the TTL (time to live) of the KEY and SIG records.  The
       default is 3600 seconds.

  -v level
       Sets the debugging level.

  key  The list of keys to be included in the keyset file. These keys are
       expressed in the form Knnnn.+aaa+iiiii as generated by dnssec-keygen.


EXAMPLE

  The following command generates a keyset containing the DSA key for
  example.com generated in the dnssec-keygen man page.

  dnssec-makekeyset -t 86400 -s 20000701120000 -e +2592000
  Kexample.com.+003+26160

  In this example, dnssec-makekeyset creates the file keyset-example.com..
  This file contains the specified key and a self-generated signature.

  The DNS administrator for example.com could send keyset-example.com. to the
  DNS administrator for .com for signing, if the .com zone is DNSSEC-aware
  and the administrators of the two zones have some mechanism for
  authenticating each other and exchanging the keys and signatures securely.


SEE ALSO

  dnssec-keygen(8), dnssec-signkey(8), BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual,
  RFC 2535.


AUTHOR

  Internet Software Consortium

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