dnssec-signzone signs a zone. It generates NXT
and SIG records and produces a signed version of the zone. If there
is a signedkey file from the zone's parent,
the parent's signatures will be incorporated into the generated
signed zone file. The security status of delegations from the
signed zone (that is, whether the child zones are secure or not) is
determined by the presence or absence of a
signedkey file for each child zone.
OPTIONS
-a
Verify all generated signatures.
-c class
Specifies the DNS class of the zone.
-d directory
Look for signedkey files in
directory as the directory
-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.
-f output-file
The name of the output file containing the signed zone. The
default is to append .signed to the
input file.
-h
Prints a short summary of the options and arguments to
dnssec-signzone.
-i interval
When a previously signed zone is passed as input, records
may be resigned. The interval option
specifies the cycle interval as an offset from the current
time (in seconds). If a SIG 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
end-time or start-time
are specified, dnssec-signzone generates
signatures that are valid for 30 days, with a cycle
interval of 7.5 days. Therefore, if any existing SIG records
are due to expire in less than 7.5 days, they would be
replaced.
-n ncpus
Specifies the number of threads to use. By default, one
thread is started for each detected CPU.
-o origin
The zone origin. If not specified, the name of the zone file
is assumed to be the origin.
-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
Print statistics at completion.
-v level
Sets the debugging level.
zonefile
The file containing the zone to be signed.
Sets the debugging level.
key
The keys used to sign the zone. If no keys are specified, the
default all zone keys that have private key files in the
current directory.
EXAMPLE
The following command signs the example.com
zone with the DSA key generated in the dnssec-keygen
man page. The zone's keys must be in the zone. If there are
signedkey files associated with this zone
or any child zones, they must be in the current directory.
example.com, the following command would be
issued:
