dnssec-signkey(1M)					  System Administration Commands					dnssec-signkey(1M)

NAME

       dnssec-signkey - DNSSEC key set signing tool

SYNOPSIS

       dnssec-signkey [-ahp] [-c class] [-e end-time]
	    [-r randomdev] [-s start-time] [-v level] keyset key...

DESCRIPTION

       The  dnssec-signkey  utility  signs a keyset. Typically the keyset will be for a child zone and will have been generated by dnssec-makekey-
       set(1M). The child zone's keyset is signed with the zone keys for its parent zone. The output file is of the  form  signedkey-nnnn.,  where
       nnnn is the zone name.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -a		Verify all generated signatures.

       -c class 	Specify the DNS class of the key sets.

       -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-signkey().

       -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	Specify 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.

       -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.

       -v level 	Set the debugging level.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       key	 The keys used to sign the child's keyset.

       keyset	 The file containing the child's keyset.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1 Sign the keyset file for example.com.

       The DNS administrator for a DNSSEC-aware .com zone would use the following command to sign the  keyset  file  for  example.com  created	by
       dnssec-makekeyset with a key generated by dnssec-keygen:

	 dnssec-signkey keyset-example.com. Kcom.+003+51944

       In  this example, dnssec-signkey creates the file signedkey-example.com, which contains the example.com keys and the signatures by the .com
       keys.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE		    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       |Availability		      SUNWbind9 		   |
       |Interface Stability	      External			   |
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       dnssec-keygen(1M), dnssec-makekeyset(1M), dnssec-signzone(1M), attributes(5)

NOTES

       Source for BIND9 is available in the SUNWbind9S package.

SunOS 5.11							    20 Mar 2007 						dnssec-signkey(1M)